Open AccessRECENT- APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL SEAWEED IN THE NETHERLANDS
Author(s) -
Henk G.H. ten Hoopen
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v15.165
Subject(s) - algae , coastal erosion , environmental science , erosion , ecology , geology , biology , paleontology
This paper deals with the effects and the method of laying of some recent emplaced artificial seaweed fields in the Netherlands. The weed is placed on the bottom in coastal waters to promote accretion or at least to prevent erosion along beaches and in gullies. The results of the three field trials, and some of the conditions, that govern the successful application of the seaweed, which will be discussed.