The Bioremediation Potential of Seaweeds: Recycling Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Other Waste Products
Nicolas Neveux
James Cook University, Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and College of Science and Engineering, 1 James Cook Drive, Townsville, 4811 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJohn J. Bolton
University of Cape Town, Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, University Avenue N, Rondebosch, 7700 South Africa
Search for more papers by this authorAnnette Bruhn
Aarhus University, Department of BioScience, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600 Silkeborg Denmark
Search for more papers by this authorDavid A. Roberts
James Cook University, Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and College of Science and Engineering, 1 James Cook Drive, Townsville, 4811 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorMonique Ras
Blue Science Consulting and Management, 115 Rue de la Rive, 29250 Saint Pol de Leon France
Search for more papers by this authorNicolas Neveux
James Cook University, Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and College of Science and Engineering, 1 James Cook Drive, Townsville, 4811 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJohn J. Bolton
University of Cape Town, Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, University Avenue N, Rondebosch, 7700 South Africa
Search for more papers by this authorAnnette Bruhn
Aarhus University, Department of BioScience, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600 Silkeborg Denmark
Search for more papers by this authorDavid A. Roberts
James Cook University, Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and College of Science and Engineering, 1 James Cook Drive, Townsville, 4811 Australia
Search for more papers by this authorMonique Ras
Blue Science Consulting and Management, 115 Rue de la Rive, 29250 Saint Pol de Leon France
Search for more papers by this authorStéphane La Barre
Sorbonne Université CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, 29680 France
Search for more papers by this authorStephen S. Bates
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Avenue, Moncton, 5030 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorStéphane La Barre
Sorbonne Université CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models (LBI2M), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), Roscoff, 29680 France
Search for more papers by this authorStephen S. Bates
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Fisheries Centre, 343 Université Avenue, Moncton, 5030 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
The majority of wastewater produced on land by anthropogenic activities is discharged, with varying levels of treatment, into the aquatic environment. The contaminants contained in this wastewater, in particular nitrogen, phosphorus, metals, and hydrocarbons, accumulate in coastal waters, causing pollution and disturbances in the balance of marine ecosystems. Bioremediation is a sustainable treatment method that reduces the impact of this pollution on the marine environment by using biological organisms, with an increasing focus on seaweeds, to neutralize these contaminants. Recent research and commercial developments in seaweed cultivation demonstrate the potential of seaweeds to remediate nutrients and metals from land-based and coastal aquaculture, urban and agricultural runoff, and industrial facilities. In this chapter, we provide examples of the cultivation of Ulva to treat nutrients from land-based aquaculture, the cultivation of kelp to remediate anthropogenic nutrients in the nearshore coastal environment, and finally seaweed biomass to sequester dissolved metals in industrial effluents. These examples show that despite the technical challenges in implementing this technology at scale, seaweed-based bioremediation provides an opportunity to effectively clean polluted seawater in an ecologically friendly manner. Additionally, these examples demonstrate the significant advantage of producing a valuable commercial crop for use in a growing industry based on seaweed products.
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