Ethnobotany of seaweeds: Clues to uses of seaweeds

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 326-327, Issue , 1996, Pages 15-20

  Abbott, Isabella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

agar; alginates; carrageenan; colloids; ethnic uses; seaweeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029825492     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00047782     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Abbott, I. A., 1984. Limu: An ethnobotany of Hawaiian seaweeds. Pac. Trop. Bot. Garden, Lawai, Hawaii, 35 pp.
2. Abbott, I. A. & F. A. Chapman, 1981. The use of kappa carrageenan as a substitute for agar in microbiological media. Arch, für Mikrobiol. 128: 355-359.
3. Doty, M. S., 1995. Betaphycus philippinarum gen. et sp. nov. (Solieriaceae). Proc. 5th Workshop on Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. Calif. Sea Grant College Program, La Jolla, California.
4. Moss, J. R. & M. S. Doty, 1987. Establishing a seaweed industry in Hawaii: an initial assessment. Hawaii State Dept. of Land and Natural Resources, Aquaculture Development Program, Honolulu, 73 pp.
5. Renn, D. W., G. A. Santos, L. E. Dumont, C. A. Parent, N. F. Stanley, D. J. Standoff & K. B. Guiseley, 1993. β-carrageenan: isolation and characterization. Carbohydrate Polymers 22: 247-252.
6. Santos, G. A., 1978. Quality of carrageenan and agar. In: I. A. Abbott, M. S. Foster & L. F. Eklund (eds), Pacific Seaweed Aquaculture. California Sea Grant College Program, Inst. of Mar. Resources, Univ. Calif. La Jolla, California: 123-127.
7. Xia Bangmei & I. A. Abbott, 1987. Edible seaweeds of China and their place in the Chinese diet. Econ. Bot. 41: 341-353.