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Seaweed resources of Poland

  • Izabela Michalak

    Izabela Michalak holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology (2005) and a PhD degree in Chemical Technology (specialization: biotechnological processes) from Wrocław University of Science and Technology (2010). Since 2018, she has worked as an assistant professor at the same university. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and book chapters and co-edited two books. Her research interest considers biosorption of metal ions by seaweeds (wastewater treatment and production of feed additives), extraction of active compounds, and application of algal products in agriculture.

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Published/Copyright: January 11, 2020
Botanica Marina
From the journal Botanica Marina Volume 63 Issue 1

Abstract

Poland, a Central European country with a Baltic Sea coastline of 634 km, has no tradition of nearshore cultivation of seaweeds or utilization of this biomass. The Baltic is known for its eutrophication. Numerous attempts are being made to combat this phenomenon as well as to find applications for the beach-cast and free-floating macroalgae, which are a nuisance in many areas. Seaweed harvesting can mitigate eutrophication by the reduction of nutrients – especially nitrogen and phosphorus – in water. Collected biomass can be utilised in agriculture as biofertilisers and used as a valuable raw material for the manufacture of high-value macroalgal products, such as biostimulants of plant growth, feed additives, components of cosmetics, food additives or biogas as a form of renewable energy. The Baltic abounds in green macroalgae (Ulva sp. and Cladophora sp.) with brown (Ectocarpus sp., Pilayella sp., Fucus vesiculosus) and red algae (Vertebrata sp., Ceramium sp., Furcellaria sp.) occurring in much smaller quantities. These seaweeds are also of great interest as bioindicators of environmental pollution. The seaweeds in the southern Baltic Sea still represent an unexploited biomass and can be a huge source of innovation. New approaches towards macroalgal utilisation are in demand.

Keywords: agriculture; biomonitoring; resources; seaweeds; the southern Baltic Sea

About the author

Izabela Michalak

Izabela Michalak holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology (2005) and a PhD degree in Chemical Technology (specialization: biotechnological processes) from Wrocław University of Science and Technology (2010). Since 2018, she has worked as an assistant professor at the same university. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and book chapters and co-edited two books. Her research interest considers biosorption of metal ions by seaweeds (wastewater treatment and production of feed additives), extraction of active compounds, and application of algal products in agriculture.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the project entitled: “The effect of bioactive algae enriched by biosorption in the certain minerals such as Cr(III), Mg(II) and Mn(II) on the status of glucose in the course of metabolic syndrome horses. Evaluation in vitro and in vivo”; no. 2015/18/E/NZ9/00607, Funder Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004281; the National Science Centre in Poland.

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Article note:

This article is part of the special issue series of Botanica Marina: Seaweed resources of the world: a 2020 vision, which has started publication in Botanica Marina 2019, vol. 62, issue 3. The series is guest-edited by Alan T. Critchley, Anicia Hurtado, Leonel Pereira, Melania Cornish, Danilo Largo and Nicholas Paul.

Received: 2019-08-14
Accepted: 2019-12-12
Published Online: 2020-01-11
Published in Print: 2020-02-25

©2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2019-0058
Keywords for this article
agriculture; biomonitoring; resources; seaweeds; the southern Baltic Sea

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  2. In this issue
  3. Editorial
  4. Seaweed resources of the world: a 2020 vision. Part 3
  5. Applications
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  7. Macroalgal diversity for sustainable biotechnological development in French tropical overseas territories
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