Global unbalance in seaweed production, research effort and biotechnology markets

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1028-1036

  Mazarrasa, Inés ^a   Olsen, Ylva S ^a,b   Mayol, Eva ^a   Marbà, Núria ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aquaculture; Bioremediation; Chemical; Cosmetics; Food; Health; Industry; Macroalgae; Patents

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICALS; COMMERCE; COSMETICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PUBLISHING;

FOOD INDUSTRIES; GRACILARIA; MACRO-ALGAE; MARINE PRODUCTS; PATENTS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS;

SEAWEED;

GRACILARIA; ULVA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING; PATENT; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; SEAWEED;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONALITY; MARKETING; PATENTS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; SEAWEED;

EID: 84904747608     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.05.002     Document Type: Review

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