Cultivation of the red seaweed Gracilaria birdiae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in tropical waters of northeast Brazil

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1813-1817

  Bezerra, A F ^a   Marinho Soriano, E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cultivation; Gel strength; Gracilaria, agar

Indexed keywords

COASTAL COMMUNITIES; DRY SEASONS; ECONOMIC USE; GEL STRENGTH; GEL STRENGTHS; GRACILARIA; MACRO-ALGAE; NORTHEAST BRAZIL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAINY SEASONS; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; RHODOPHYTA; TROPICAL WATERS;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; GELS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEAWEED;

ECOLOGY;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; FISHING COMMUNITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; MARICULTURE; MICROALGA; NATURAL RESOURCE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL;

GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA BIRDIAE; GRACILARIALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 78149280921     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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