Apparatus for containing, cultivating, and harvesting photosynthetic marine microorganisms within water

摘要

An apparatus contains photosynthetic marine microorganisms within water, to permit the marine microorganisms to be cultivated and harvested. A self-supporting buoyant frame of the apparatus is to be placed within the water. A mesh lining of the apparatus is situated within the interior of the frame. The mesh lining is adapted to permit the water and nutrients to enter through the mesh lining while at least substantially preventing the marine microorganisms that are being cultivated from escaping through the mesh lining. A funnel of the apparatus is attached to a corresponding hole at a bottom of the mesh lining, and is adapted to permit the marine microorganisms that have been cultivated to be harvested. A buoyancy leveling subsystem of the apparatus is adapted to control an extent to which the frame is submerged within the water.