Title: tecnico laureato

Association/Company: Università di Pisa, Pisa Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro- ambientali

Biography
Laureata in Scienze Agrarie, dottore di ricerca in Biologia Agraria e master universitario di II livello, presso UniPI. Tecnico laureato presso l’Università di Pisa (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali) Ricercatore Associato nel 2001. Tematiche di ricerca: fitodepurazione di suoli e acque contaminate da metalli pesanti; coltura di microalghe in fotobioreattori.

Speech session
Promoting the sustainability of fish and crop farming using circular multitrophic aquaculture: the pilot experience of the PRIMA project “SIMTAP”

Speech
A. Ciurli, M. Puccinelli, C. Bibbiani, L. Rossi and A. Pardossi: Growing microalgae and halophytes in multitrophic aquaponic systems.

Abstract
In the SIMTAP prototype, installed at the University of Pisa, microalgae and halophytes were cultured, respectively, in greenhouse effluents in low-cost photobioreactors and in the saline recirculating aquaponic system. Algae biomass can be used as feed for filter-feeding and detritivorous organisms, the plants as fresh vegetables. For algae, a stepwise methodology was applied to scale-up procedures from laboratory with six algal strains to a pilot scale by low cost big-bags photobioreactors. The SEC_LI_Chl1 strain was selected for the SIMTAP experiments. Several halophyte species were evaluated; among these, Salicornia europaea best adapted to the salinity conditions.