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Use of sugar kelp aquaculture in Long Island Sound and the Bronx River Estuary for nutrient extraction

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Kim, JK, Kraemer, GP, Yarish, C·2015·Marine Ecology Progress Series

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We previously demonstrated the suitability of seaweed aquaculture as a nutrient management tool, using the warm temperate rhodophyte Gracilaria tikvahiae McLachlan.The present follow-up study revealed an even higher nutrient bioextraction capacity in the cold-water species Saccharina latissima at 3 sites -the mouth of the Bronx River Estuary (Bronx, NY; BRE), western Long Island Sound (Fairfield, CT; WLIS) and central Long Island Sound (Branford, CT; CLIS), during winter and spring of the 2012-2013 growing season.These sites differ in temperature (BRE > CLIS > WIS), salinity (BRE < WLIS = CLIS) and nutrients (BRE >> WLIS = CLIS).We estimated that S. latissima could remove up to 180, 67 and 38 kg N ha -1 at BRE, WLIS and CLIS respectively, in a hypothetical kelp farm system with 1.5 m spacing between longlines.In the same hypothetical kelp farm system, the estimated carbon sequestration values are 1350 (BRE), 1800 (WLIS) and 1100 (CLIS) kg C ha -1 .The potential monetary values of N sequestration by the sugar kelp are up to $1600 (BRE), $760 (WLIS) and $430 (CLIS) ha -1 , if incorporated in the State of Connecticut Nitrogen Credit Trading Program and a carbon-pricing scheme.The potential economic values of C sequestration are $30-300 (BRE), $40-400 WLIS), and $24-240 (CLIS) ha -1 .These results suggest that seaweed aquaculture is a useful technique for nutrient bioextraction in urbanized coastal waters, such as LIS and BRE.Alternation of the warm-and cold-water species would maximize nutrient bioextraction and augment other ecosystem services, producing economic benefits for the region while helping to manage non-source eutrophication.

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Authors
Kim, J., Kraemer, G., & Yarish, C.
Affiliations
University of Connecticut (US)
Corresponding author
Kim, JK
Venue
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Published
2015-07-02
Volume
531
Pages
155-166
ISSN
  • 0171-8630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1616-1599
OpenAlex
W2346845963
Cited by
139
References
54
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Marine Ecology Progress Series (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Northwestern University
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (1401.12.03305, 1401.13.039525)
  • University of Connecticut
  • Purchase College, State University of New York
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (WC133R10CN0221)
  • Connecticut Sea Grant, University of Connecticut
  • National Marine Fisheries Service
  • Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
Keywords
seaweed cultivation, Saccharina latissima, nitrogen removal, carbon sequestration, eutrophication, Long Island Sound, ecosystem services, economic valuation

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