effects of selected cultivation conditions on the carrageenan characteristics of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta, Solieriaceae) in Ubatuba Bay, São Paulo, Brazil

• Published in: Journal of applied phycology Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 505 - 511
• Main Authors: Hayashi, Leila, Oliveira, Eurico C, Bleicher-Lhonneur, Genevieve, Boulenguer, Patrick, Pereira, Ricardo T. L, von Seckendorff, Roberto, Shimoda, Viviane T, Leflamand, André, Vallée, Patrick, Critchley, Alan T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.10.2007
• Subjects: Brackish; carrageenan; Eucheumatoid species; Kappaphycus alvarezii; macroalgae; mariculture; Marine; Phycocolloid; Rhodophyta; Solieriaceae; ASW, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Ubatuba Bay

The yield and the quality of carrageenan depend, among other things, on the cultivar or strain and on the cultivation and processing techniques. This work presents carrageenan yields and some properties of Kappaphycus alvarezii under selected cultivation conditions i.e. cultivation period, depth and...