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Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1123-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1123-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Research article
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23 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 23 Feb 2018

Modelling potential production of macroalgae farms in UK and Dutch coastal waters

Johan van der Molen, Piet Ruardij, Karen Mooney, Philip Kerrison, Nessa E. O'Connor, Emma Gorman, Klaas Timmermans, Serena Wright, Maeve Kelly, Adam D. Hughes, and Elisa Capuzzo

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Macroalgae farming may provide biofuel. Modelled macroalgae production is given for four sites in UK and Dutch waters. Macroalgae growth depended on nutrient concentrations and light levels. Macroalgae carbohydrate content, important for biofuel use, was lower for high nutrient concentrations. The hypothetical large-scale farm off the UK north Norfolk coast gave high, stable yields of macroalgae from year to year with substantial carbohydrate content.
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