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Carbon cycle within a seaweed farm

This infographic shows the pathways of carbon flow from seaweed aquaculture based on measurements and calculations of carbon sequestration pathways in wild seaweed beds (Krause-Jensen & Duarte 2016). The amount of carbon removed from the ocean in harvested seaweed is not quantified. (November 2021)

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Pathways of carbon flow from seaweed aquaculture based on measurements and calculations of carbon sequestration pathways in wild seaweed beds

Graphic by Revell Design

Source information

This information is drawn from a report, Stocktake and characterisation of New Zealand’s seaweed sector: Environmental effects of seaweed wild-harvest and aquaculture, which is part 3 of a comprehensive review of the seaweed sector. 

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