| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-012-9968-0 |
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| Author | Search for: Bjornsson, William J.1; Search for: Nicol, Robert W.; Search for: Dickinson, Kathryn E.1; Search for: McGinn, Patrick J.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | Anaerobic digestates; Biomass; Nutrient recycling; Photosynthesis |
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| Abstract | We investigated the extent to which nitrogenous and phosphorus nutrients from liquid anaerobic digestates could be recycled for photosynthetic growth of a microalga, Scenedesmus sp. AMDD. Digestates recovered from the anaerobic digestion of cow manure and swine manure and a co-digestion of swine manure and algal biomass were diluted in distilled water and used for algal growth with and without supplemental CO2 addition. Nutrient assimilation and final biomass yield were retarded in all but the swine manure/algae co-digestate cultures supplemented with high CO2. Swine manure digestate cultures supplemented with the typical complement of micronutrients normally added with a commonly used growth medium or with Fe/EDTA failed to grow any better than unamended controls. When the culture medium was prepared by blending swine manure digestate with 25 or 50 % algal biomass digestate, diluting it with lake water or by supplementing with magnesium, nutrient assimilation and final algal biomass yields were maximized, indicating that magnesium was critically limiting for algal growth in swine manure digestates. Magnesium amendment thus appears to be essential if nutrients from swine manure digestates are recycled for algal growth. No such requirement is necessary for recycling nutrients from digestates generated wholly or in part from algal biomass. |
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| Publication date | 2013-01-12 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC 55463 |
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| NPARC number | 21268641 |
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| Record identifier | 1ed7382f-ec6d-41ae-9cdf-aa34fd27a2c9 |
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| Record created | 2013-11-05 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-22 |
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