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ReviewBioengineered2022

An overview of microalgae biomass as a sustainable aquaculture feed ingredient: food security and circular economy.

Ashfaq Ahmad, Shadi W Hassan, Fawzi Banat

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Review in Bioengineered, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. Dietary Substitution of Soybean Meal WithAquaculture nutrition · 2026
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  15. Replacing Fish Meal with Spirulina (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  19. Microalgal-bacterial aggregates for wastewater treatment: Origins, challenges, and future directions.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ashfaq AhmadDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-8706-5223
Shadi W HassanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-7269-094X
Fawzi BanatDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-7646-5918

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sustainable management of natural resources is critical to food security. The shrimp feed and fishery sector is expanding rapidly, necessitating the development of alternative sustainable components. Several factors necessitate the exploration of a new source of environmentally friendly and nutrient-rich fish feed ingredients. Microalgal biomass has the potential to support the growth of fish and shrimp aquaculture for global food security in the bio-economy. Algal biorefineries must valorize the whole crop to develop a viable microalgae-based economy. Microalgae have the potential to replace fish meal and fish oil in aquaculture and ensure sustainability standards. Microalgae biomasses provide essential amino acids, valuable triglycerides such as lipids, vitamins, and pigments, making them suitable as nutritional supplements in livestock feed formulations. Fish and microalgae have similar nutritional profiles, and digestibility is a critical aspect of the aquafeed formulation. A highly digestible feed reduces production costs, feed waste, and the risk of eutrophication. Due to low input costs, low carbon footprint, wastewater treatment benefits, and carbon credits from industrial CO

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MicroalgaeWater PurificationAnimal FeedAquacultureBiomassAquacultureaquafeedbiochemical compositionbio-economymicroalgaesustainability

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PMID35387561
PMCPMC9161971

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