Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Time: 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Session code 1BO.10
Improving microalgae systems: fundamentals, production and processing
Effects of the Climate Crisis and Pesticide Use on Fatty Acids in the Food Web
Short Introductive summary
The project XenoFat aims to gain insights into how pesticides and increased temperature due to climate change affect the fatty acid content and fatty acid pattern of organisms present in the food web of carp ponds. In particular, microalgae and zooplankton, i.e. the basis of the food web, and their response to increased temperature and pesticides are investigated. The effects of changes in their fatty acid metabolism and those further along the food web are also being inspected. The focus here is particularly on the appearance and composition of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (e.g. ALA, EPA, DHA), which are essential for human nutrition.
Presenter
Bernhard DROSG
BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies
Presenter's biography
Dr Bernhard Drosg is Area Manager for the research area "Bioconversion and biogas systems" in the Austrian Competence Centre bioenergy2020+. In addition, he is Senior Researcher at BOKU University. He represents Austria in the IEA Bioenergy Task 37 on Biogas since 2010.
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Co-authors:
L. Bauer, BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies, Tulln, AUSTRIA
M. Kainz, WasserCluster Lunz - Biologische Station, Lunz am See, AUSTRIA
L. Kenjeric, Department IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Tulln, AUSTRIA
M. Sulyok, Department IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Tulln, AUSTRIA
W. Kandler, Department IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Tulln, AUSTRIA
I. Fritz, Department IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Tulln, AUSTRIA
B. Drosg, BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies, Tulln, AUSTRIA
Session reference: 1BO.10.1