Quantifying habitat provisioning at macroalgae cultivation locations

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From the Global Seafood Alliance: Quantifying habitat provisioning at macroalgae cultivation locations

This article is adapted and summarized from the original publication [Corrigan, S. et al. 2022. Quantifying habitat provisioning at macroalgal cultivation sites. Rev. Aquac. 14(2). March 2022] – and discusses the general recommendations for the design of studies for monitoring habitat provisioning in macroalgal cultivation sites.

Includes this helpful diagram:

Fig. 1: Summary of the proposed environmental impacts (pale blue) and potential effects on ecosystem services of a tropical ‘off-bottom’ macroalgal cultivation site (above) and a temperate ‘suspended’ macroalgal cultivation site (below) as derived from recent reviews. 5-13 Potential effects on ecosystem services detailed as positive (green (+)), negative (red (−)) and neutral or undetermined (blue (?)) and with habitat provisioning highlighted (dark teal). Some effects linked to habitat provisioning are indicated with an asterisk (*) to aid with clarity. Graphics are from the Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Centre for Environmental Science (http://ian.umces.edu/imagelibrary/) and BioRender (Biorender.com).