Seaweed Mariculture Provides Feed, Green Energy Production, Bioremediation

摘要

Under cultivation, macroalgae grow rapidly and synthesize large amounts of carbon/energy reserves while utilizing wastewater. Seaweed can remove pollutants from industrial agriculture effluent and reduce coastal eutro-phication. In South Africa, Ufoaarmorkanas growth rate, ease of harvesting and resistance to contamination by other algal species make it preferable for large-scale renewable energy production. Ulva could be used as a plant stimulant, in feed formulations for livestock and for the food industry. Seaweed farming also captures carbon dioxide to assist in climate change mitigation.