About this Research Topic
Significant research has been undertaken in improving seaweed culturing techniques. Such advances include improving seaweed aquaculture through the selection of suitable species and detailed strain selection to enhance overall productivity and optimising their biochemical properties for example.
In addition to the economic benefits that such improvement brings, there is also a strong interest in a better understanding of the associated environmental impacts/benefits that an enhanced seaweed culture will bring. Particularly a further understanding in terms of the effects on marine nutrient and carbon cycling but also on the local ecosystem in terms of species diversity are needed.
The goal of the Research Topic is to provide an overview of recent advances in seaweed aquaculture and its potential environmental implications. A focus of the Research Topic would be to, in more detail, predict the potential scale of the environmental impacts and detailed quantification of environmental material flows. Potential contributions would aim at further shedding light on the impacts of seaweed culture on nutrient and carbon cycling. Other aspects that would be of interest are the wider biological impacts in terms of local benthic and pelagic biodiversity as well as the socioeconomic prospects of an advanced seaweed bio-economy.
The scope of this Research Topic is to cover the most recent advances in seaweed aquaculture and the understanding of its environmental implications. Authors are invited to submit both original research articles and reviews related to this Research Topic. The scientific questions/topics may include but are not limited to:
• Advances in seaweed culture techniques
• Defining the environmental implications and benefits of a growing seaweed aquaculture
• Further understanding towards the climate mitigation potential of seaweed aquaculture
• Quantification of the impacts on marine material flows (e.g. nutrient cycling, carbon cycling)
• Contribution of seaweed aquaculture to Blue Carbon
• Impacts of seaweed aquaculture on local biodiversity
• Socioeconomic prospects and general acceptance of seaweed aquaculture
In addition to the economic benefits that such improvement brings, there is also a strong interest in a better understanding of the associated environmental impacts/benefits that an enhanced seaweed culture will bring. Particularly a further understanding in terms of the effects on marine nutrient and carbon cycling but also on the local ecosystem in terms of species diversity are needed.
The goal of the Research Topic is to provide an overview of recent advances in seaweed aquaculture and its potential environmental implications. A focus of the Research Topic would be to, in more detail, predict the potential scale of the environmental impacts and detailed quantification of environmental material flows. Potential contributions would aim at further shedding light on the impacts of seaweed culture on nutrient and carbon cycling. Other aspects that would be of interest are the wider biological impacts in terms of local benthic and pelagic biodiversity as well as the socioeconomic prospects of an advanced seaweed bio-economy.
The scope of this Research Topic is to cover the most recent advances in seaweed aquaculture and the understanding of its environmental implications. Authors are invited to submit both original research articles and reviews related to this Research Topic. The scientific questions/topics may include but are not limited to:
• Advances in seaweed culture techniques
• Defining the environmental implications and benefits of a growing seaweed aquaculture
• Further understanding towards the climate mitigation potential of seaweed aquaculture
• Quantification of the impacts on marine material flows (e.g. nutrient cycling, carbon cycling)
• Contribution of seaweed aquaculture to Blue Carbon
• Impacts of seaweed aquaculture on local biodiversity
• Socioeconomic prospects and general acceptance of seaweed aquaculture
Keywords: Seaweed, macroalgae, aquaculture, environmental impacts, blue carbon
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
