SARGAZO, EL POTENCIAL RECURSO DEL MAR CARIBE
SARGASSUM, THE POTENTIAL RESOURCE OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA
Autor(es): F. Méndez-González y J.J. Buenrostro-Figueroa
Fuente: Mexican Journal of Technology and Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 14-17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61767/mjte.002.1.1417
Resumen
A partir del 2011, se han incrementado los arribazones de sargazo provenientes del Mar de los Sargazos en diversas zonas del Mar Caribe. Estos arribazones atípicos infestan las playas obstaculizando las actividades económicas y causando desequilibrio ambiental y daños a la salud humana. La remoción del sargazo es costosa y está fuera del alcance de la mayoría de las zonas afectadas. Por ello, se han estudiado estrategias para utilizar su biomasa en la generación de productos cuya comercialización contribuya amortizar los costos de recolección y a la disminución de la población de sargazo.
Palabras clave: Valorización, malezas acuáticas, manejo sustentable.
Abstract
Since 2011, sargassum arrivals from the Sargasso Sea have increased in various areas of the Caribbean Sea. These atypical sandbanks infest the beaches, hindering economic activities and causing environmental imbalance and damage to human health. Sargassum removal is expensive and out of reach for most affected areas. Therefore, strategies have been studied to use biomass in the generation of products whose commercialization contributes to amortizing the collection costs and the sargassum population decrease.
Keywords: Valorization, aquatic weeds, sustainable management.
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