About this Research Topic
Seaweeds not only act as primary producers in marine ecosystems but also play an important role in mitigating climate change by providing potential solutions in overcoming or minimizing the impact of marine environmental problems, such as blue carbon, ocean acidification, eutrophication, hypoxia, and harmful algal blooms events. In addition, seaweeds are rich resources for food, medicine, chemical industry, animal feed and agricultural fertilizer. With the rapid development and progress of basic theoretical research, breeding technology, cultivation technology and engineering facilities, the cultivation scale of economic seaweeds has been expanded and the yield has been significantly increased. At present, the seaweed industry has become one of the most active fishery industries in the world, with an average annual production volume of more than twice the overall growth rate of the fishery, creating significant economic and ecological benefits. However, with environmental changes such as seawater temperature, ocean acidification, and seawater pollution, the biodiversity and distribution of seaweeds have been significantly affected.
Variations of each seaweed in responding and adapting to environmental changes will affect the distribution, abundance and diversity of seaweed populations in the future, and will subsequently affect the ecological functions of seaweeds. For economic seaweed, changes in the marine environment have led to frequent algal diseases, and the shortage of superior varieties of cultivars, limiting the healthy development of the seaweed industry. Therefore, the understanding of the impact of global environmental change on the physiological ecology, mechanism of seaweed in responding and adapting to environmental changes is very important in helping to propose appropriate strategies by introducing new superior varieties of economic seaweed for cultivation, developing new germplasm, and optimizing culture technology. This information is crucial for the accurate assessment of changes in important algal biomes, effective resource utilization, scientific management, and sustainable human development in the context of global climate change.
• The impact of global environmental change on the physiological ecology of seaweed
• The mechanism of seaweed in responding and adapting to environmental changes
• Development and cultivation of new varieties of economic seaweed
• Research and development of high-efficiency cultivation technology in facing global climate change
Variations of each seaweed in responding and adapting to environmental changes will affect the distribution, abundance and diversity of seaweed populations in the future, and will subsequently affect the ecological functions of seaweeds. For economic seaweed, changes in the marine environment have led to frequent algal diseases, and the shortage of superior varieties of cultivars, limiting the healthy development of the seaweed industry. Therefore, the understanding of the impact of global environmental change on the physiological ecology, mechanism of seaweed in responding and adapting to environmental changes is very important in helping to propose appropriate strategies by introducing new superior varieties of economic seaweed for cultivation, developing new germplasm, and optimizing culture technology. This information is crucial for the accurate assessment of changes in important algal biomes, effective resource utilization, scientific management, and sustainable human development in the context of global climate change.
• The impact of global environmental change on the physiological ecology of seaweed
• The mechanism of seaweed in responding and adapting to environmental changes
• Development and cultivation of new varieties of economic seaweed
• Research and development of high-efficiency cultivation technology in facing global climate change
Keywords: macroalgal, climate change, abiotic stress, breeding, cultivation
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