VALIDATION OF SAV MODEL USING LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

 "Blue carbon", absorbed carbon by photosynthesis in coastal and ocean ecosystem, has been paid attention to as climate change mitigation. The carbon absorption rate varies when seagrass bends due to current, suggesting the necessity of precise estimation of carbon absorption by the blue carbon ecosystem. We developed the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation model (SAV model), which combines SAV motion and its interaction with the current. Therefore, this study aims to verify the SAV model's validity by applying laboratory experiments in an open channel assuming low-density polyethylene as SAV, which agreed with the laboratory experiments.