Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of two seaweed cultivation systems in North West Europe with a focus on quantifying sea surface occupation

Algal Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-183

  Taelman, Sue Ellen ^a   Champenois, Jennifer ^b   Edwards, Maeve D ^c   De Meester, Steven ^a   Dewulf, Jo ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Centre d'Etude et de Valorisation des Algues (CEVA)   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exergetic Life Cycle Assessment (ELCA); North West Europe (NWE); Resource footprint; Sea surface occupation; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943628107     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.06.018     Document Type: Article

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