Comparative production and nutritional value of "sea grapes" - the tropical green seaweeds Caulerpa lentillifera and C. racemosa

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1833-1844

  Paul, Nicholas A ^a   Neveux, Nicolas ^a   Magnusson, Marie ^a   de Nys, Rocky ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquaculture; Minerals; Nutrition; Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA); Carotene

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA LENTILLIFERA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; ELAGATIS; EPHEDRA DISTACHYA; VITACEAE;

EID: 84905405238     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0227-9     Document Type: Article

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