Seasonal variation in the chemical composition of tropical Australian marine macroalgae

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 18, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 381-387

  Renaud, Susan M ^a   Luong Van, Jim T ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Lipid; Protein; Seasonal variation; Tropical macroalgae

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LIPID; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARWIN HARBOUR; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33845419176     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-006-9034-x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Abbott IA (1988) Food and food products from algae. In: Lembi CA, Waaland JR (eds), Algae and Human Affairs. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, pp. 135-147.
2. Banaimoon SA (1992) Fatty acids in marine macroalgae from Southern Yemen (Hadramout) including occurrence of eicosatetraenoic (20:4) and eicosapentaenoic (20:5) acids. Bot. Mar. 33: 165-168.
3. Bligh EG, Dyer WJ (1959) A rapid method of total lipid extraction and purification. Can. J. Biochem. Physiol. 37: 911-917.
4. Brett JR, Groves TD (1979) Physiological energetics. In: Hoar WS, Randall DJ (eds), Fish Physiology Vol. VIII, Academic Press, London, pp. 279-351.
5. Chapman VJ, Chapman DJ (1980) Seaweeds and Their Uses. Chapman and Hall, London.
6. Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. 1998. http://www.bom.gov. au/climate/averages/tablesa/cw_014015.shtml
7. Dubois M, Giles KA, Hamilton KS, Rebers PA, Smith F (1956) Colorimetric method for the determination of sugar and related substances. Anal. Chem. 18: 350-356.
8. Hawkins SJ, Hartnoll RG (1983) Grazing of intertidal algae by marine herbivores. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 21: 195-282.
9. Kaehler S, Kennish R (1996) Summer and winter comparisons in the nutritional value of marine macroalgae from Hong Kong. Bot. Mar. 39: 11-17.
10. Kumar V (1993) Biochemical constituents of marine algae from Tuticorin coast. Indian J. Mar. Sci. 22: 138-140.
11. Mercer JP, Mai KS, Donlon J (1993) Comparative studies on the nutrition of two species of abalone, Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus and Haliotis discus hannai Ino. I. Effects of algal diets on growth and biochemical composition. Invertebrate Reprod. Develop. 23: 2-3.
12. Renaud SM, Parry DL, Luong-Van T (1994) Microalgae for use in tropical aquaculture I: Gross chemical and fatty acid composition of twelve species of microalgae from the Northern Territory, Australia. J. Appl. Phycol. 6: 337-345.
13. Renaud SM, Lambridinis G, Luong-Van T, Parry DL, Lee C (1997) Chemical composition of algae for use in Trochus niloticus. studies. In: Lee CL, Lynch PW (eds), Trochus: Status, Hatchery Practice and Nutrition, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, pp. 88-96.
14. Renaud SM, Luong-Van T, Parry DL (1999) The gross chemical composition and fatty acid composition of 18 species of tropical Australian microalgae for possible use in mariculture. Aquaculture 170: 147-159.
15. Robeldo D, Pelegrin YF (1997) Chemical and mineral composition of six potentially edible seaweed species of Yucatan. Bot. Mar. 44: 301-306.
16. Wong KH, Cheung PCK (2000) Nutritional evaluation of some subtropical red and green seaweeds Part I - proximate composition, amino acid profiles and some physico-chemical properties. Food Chem. 71: 475-482.
17. Wynne MJ, Luong-Van Thinh J (1997)Areport on collections of benthic marine algae from Darwin, Northern Australia. In: Lee CL, Lynch PW (eds), Trochus: Status, Hatchery Practice and Nutrition, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, pp. 81-87.