1p3: Modelling the impact of seaweed cultivation on the marine protist community

Abstract

To transition towards a bio-based society, there are efforts to increase seaweed cultivation in the North Sea. Seaweed takes up nutrients during winter, grows during spring and is harvested in early summer. Should seaweed cultivation increase on a large scale, the additional uptake of nutrients through seaweed could decrease the availability of nutrients needed for the growth of protists.