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dc.contributor.authorSembera, Jen A
dc.contributor.authorMeier, Erica J.
dc.contributor.authorWaliczek, Tina M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-04T21:39:12Z
dc.date.available2021-01-04T21:39:12Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationSembera, J.A.; Meier, E.J. and Waliczek, T.M. (2018) Composting as an Alternative Management Strategy for Sargassum Drifts on Coastlines. HortTechnology, 28, pp.80-84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH03836-17en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11329/1475
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-977
dc.description.abstractMassive drifts of sargassum (Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans) float onto the United States Gulf, Atlantic, and European shorelines regularly throughout the spring and summer months. To maintain tourist appeal and subsequently, the tourism industry, the standard practice of Texas beach communities has been to mechanically remove the sargassum seaweed and integrate it into dunes along the shoreline or dispose of the material in the landfill. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential to manage the invasive species sargassum using composting and to test the quality of the resulting compost. This study used ≈12 yard3 of sargassum as a feedstock mixed with cafeteria food waste and local wood chips, using a total of ≈72 yard3 of feedstocks, to create nearly 25 yard3 of stabilized compost. The final compost products were of equal or higher quality to current compost standards. Therefore, this study determined that the composting and waste management industries can use sargassum as a feedstock to create a desirable compost product that could be used in the horticulture and agriculture industries, while helping to manage this invasive species.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.otherSargassum managementen_US
dc.subject.otherAquatic plant managementen_US
dc.subject.otherBeach managementen_US
dc.subject.otherComposten_US
dc.subject.otherSargassum fluitansen_US
dc.subject.otherInvasive speciesen_US
dc.subject.otherSargassum natansen_US
dc.subject.otherBrown algaeen_US
dc.subject.otherSeaweeden_US
dc.titleComposting as an Alternative Management Strategy for Sargassum Drifts on Coastlines.en_US
dc.typeJournal Contributionen_US
dc.description.refereedRefereeden_US
dc.format.pagerangepp.80-84en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH03836-17
dc.subject.parameterDisciplineParameter Discipline::Biological oceanography::Macroalgae and seagrassen_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleHortTechnologyen_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume28en_US
dc.description.sdg14.5en_US
dc.description.eovMacroalgal canopy cover and compositionen_US
dc.description.bptypeManual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)en_US
obps.contact.contactemailtc10@txstate.edu
obps.resourceurl.publisherhttps://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/28/1/article-p80.xmlen_US


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