CO2 Mitigation Potentials of Microalgae: Its Expansion to a New Dimension for Closing the Loop of Carbon Between Source and Acquisition Through Food Chain of Phytophagous Fish in Open Ponds

Abstract

Despite microalgae have been extensively researched for biofuel or biochar production through biotechnological interventions [1, 2, 3]; the less explored area is its use in closing the loop of carbon between capture and smart carbon resilient aquaculture of herbivorous fishes in open ponds. This is a win-win strategy towards carbon mitigation and production of low carbon foot print fish especially in tropical countries. The purpose of the study is to overview the role of microalgae in global warming mitigation and to focus on closing the loop in carbon cycle by exploiting the trapped carbon through food chain of low carbon foot print fish in open ponds.