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Carbon dioxide mitigation potential of seaweed aquaculture beds (SABs)

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Abstract

Seaweed aquaculture beds (SABs) that support the production of seaweed and their diverse products, cover extensive coastal areas, especially in the Asian-Pacific region, and provide many ecosystem services such as nutrient removal and CO2 assimilation. The use of SABs in potential carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation efforts has been proposed with commercial seaweed production in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, and is at a nascent stage in Australia and New Zealand. We attempted to consider the total annual potential of SABs to drawdown and fix anthropogenic CO2. In the last decade, seaweed production has increased tremendously in the Asian-Pacific region. In 2014, the total annual production of Asian-Pacific SABs surpassed 2.61 × 106 t dw. Total carbon accumulated annually was more than 0.78 × 106 t y−1, equivalent to over 2.87 × 106 t CO2 y−1. By increasing the area available for SABs, biomass production, carbon accumulation, and CO2 drawdown can be enhanced. The conversion of biomass to biofuel can reduce the use of fossil fuels and provide additional mitigation of CO2 emissions. Contributions of seaweeds as carbon donors to other ecosystems could be significant in global carbon sequestration. The ongoing development of SABs would not only ensure that Asian-Pacific countries will remain leaders in the global seaweed industry but may also provide an added dimension of helping to mitigate the problem of excessive CO2 emissions.

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Acknowledgements

This work has been supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea, Marine Research Institute, Pusan National University (NRF-2013R1A1A2009359), and DIKTI Scholarship from the Indonesia Ministry of National Education and Culture for CFAS.

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, South Korea

    Calvyn F. A. Sondak & Ik Kyo Chung

  2. Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, 95115, Indonesia

    Calvyn F. A. Sondak & Grevo S. Gerung

  3. Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T, Hong Kong, SAR, China

    Put O. Ang Jr

  4. School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia

    John Beardall

  5. Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

    Alecia Bellgrove

  6. School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Warrnambool Campus, P.O. Box 423, Warrnambool, VIC, 3280, Australia

    Alecia Bellgrove

  7. Chungnam National University, Daejon, 305-764, South Korea

    Sung Min Boo

  8. Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Christopher D. Hepburn

  9. Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam

    Dang Diem Hong

  10. Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Zhengyu Hu

  11. Kobe University, Kobe, 657-850, Japan

    Hiroshi Kawai

  12. University of San Carlos, 6000, Cebu City, Philippines

    Danilo Largo

  13. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, 621-749, South Korea

    Jin Ae Lee

  14. Institute of Biological Sciences and Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES) University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Phaik-Eem Lim & Siew-Moi Phang

  15. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90112, Thailand

    Jaruwan Mayakun

  16. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14-901, Wellington, 6241, New Zealand

    Wendy A. Nelson

  17. School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92-019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand

    Wendy A. Nelson

  18. Marine Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, South Korea

    Jung Hyun Oak & Ik Kyo Chung

  19. Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India

    Dinabandhu Sahoo

  20. Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand

    Yuwadee Peerapornpis

  21. Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China

    Yufeng Yang

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  1. Calvyn F. A. Sondak
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Sondak, C.F.A., Ang, P.O., Beardall, J. et al. Carbon dioxide mitigation potential of seaweed aquaculture beds (SABs). J Appl Phycol 29, 2363–2373 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-016-1022-1

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