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Advancing a restorative blue Economy: A DPSIR–Ecosystem services framework for sustainable seaweed aquaculture

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  • Thomsen, Marianne
  • Bruhn, Annette
  • Kotta, Jonne
  • Buck, Bela H.
  • Hall, Jack R.
  • Martin, Georg
  • Agüera, Antonio
  • Maar, Marie
  • Chakraborty, Manali
  • Ekoule, Maxime
  • Overton, Ian
  • Budhathoki, Mausam

Abstract

Seaweed aquaculture is rapidly expanding in Europe and the Americas providing engineered ecosystem services (EES) such as nutrient removal, pH buffering, and carbon uptake. Used as a nature-based emission capture-and-utilisation technology, seaweed transforms emissions into revenue streams while delivering non-profit value, making seaweed aquaculture a promising eco-industrial system that fits well to the global agenda of green economic transitions and ecosystem health restoration. However, aquaculture activities may, in some cases, cause unwanted engineered ecosystem disservices (EED) which should be avoided.

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  • Thomsen, Marianne & Bruhn, Annette & Kotta, Jonne & Buck, Bela H. & Hall, Jack R. & Martin, Georg & Agüera, Antonio & Maar, Marie & Chakraborty, Manali & Ekoule, Maxime & Overton, Ian & Budhathoki, Ma, 2026. "Advancing a restorative blue Economy: A DPSIR–Ecosystem services framework for sustainable seaweed aquaculture," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoser:v:77:y:2026:i:c:s2212041625001044
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101800
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