Building Community Capacity in the Determination of Nutrient Removal through Kelp Farming

摘要

Commercial kelp farming in the U.S. has proliferated in the past 12 years, starting with the first commercial farms in Maine in 2009-2010 (Kim et al. 2019, Bricknell et al. 2020, Piconi et al. 2020). Aside from offering a slate of opportunities to boost fisheries and create jobs, an increasing number of studies show that kelp farming represents an important conduit to enhance ecosystem services and an enhancement of product diversification. These include temporary CO, removal from the atmosphere (Duarte et al. 2017, Kim et al. 2017, Kim et al. 2015), improving nutrient cycling and improving water quality through nutrient removal (e.g., nitrogen and phosphorus) from the water column (Park et al. 2018,2021, Xiao et al. 2017). Eutrophication of coastal waters remains a concern for urbanized estuaries, particularly those directly influenced by nonpoint source pollution or urbanization (Tedesco et al. 2014).