Marine Biomass: New York State Species and Site Studies

摘要

The New York State Marine Biomass Program began in late 1979 in an effort to develop a feasible system for the production of marine biomass from indigenous macroalgae for economically competitive conversion to synthetic natural gas. During 1983 this goal was brought closer to realization when a 120 x 41 foot seaweed test farm was placed in 60 feet of water in Long Island Sound. The structure is basically a flexible wire cable and rope grid, buoyed at the surface and moored to the bottom of the Sound. It is suitable for cultivating seaweeds which attach themselves to surfaces such as the brown kelp, Laminaria saccharina. This test farm design was chosen from among four which were developed previously by the engineering team.