Does salinity affect growth and carrageenan yield of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Gigartinales/Rhodophyta)?

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1231-1234

  Reis, Renata Perpetuo ^a   Loureiro, Rafael Rodrigues ^a   Mesquita, Frederico Sampaio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrageenan yield; Eucheumatoid species; Growth rate; In vitro; Kappaphycus alvarezii; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PHENOLOGY; RED ALGA; SALINITY; SEAWEED; WATER QUALITY;

KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII;

EID: 79958791965     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02699.x     Document Type: Article

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