Tropical seaweeds for human food, their cultivation and its effect on biodiversity enrichment

Aquaculture

Volumn 436, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-46

  Radulovich, Ricardo ^a   Umanzor, Schery ^a   Cabrera, Rubén ^a   Mata, Rebeca ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Coastal rural development; Macroalgae; Mariculture; Sea farming

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGA; MARICULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PALATABILITY; PROPAGULE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SEAWEED; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; YIELD;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COSTA RICA; PACIFIC COAST [COSTA RICA];

CODIUM; GRACILARIA; SARGASSUM; ULVA;

EID: 84983212644     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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