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Marine macroalgal resources from nine beaches along the Kerala coast, India

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Title Marine macroalgal resources from
nine beaches along the Kerala coast,
India
 
Creator Baby UshaKiran, M S
Merlee Treasa, M V
Sathianandan, T V
Kaladharan, P
 
Subject Algae
 
Description Estimates of number, density and wet biomass of seaweed resources and
their availability for exploitation for phycocolloid extraction along the
Kerala coast in relation to water quality were studied using the data
collected at quarterly intervals from nine stations during 1998 and 1999.
A total of 37 species of seaweeds were collected and out of these, 13 were
grouped under Class Chlorophyceae (green seaweeds), 7 under
Phaeophyceae (brown seaweeds) and 17 under Rhodophyceae (red
seaweeds). Agar yielding seaweeds were represented by seven species
and the major resources were Gracilaria corticata, G. foliifera, Gelidiopsis
variabilis and Gelidium pusillum during 1998 and 1999 besides the
species of Pterocladia during 1999. Alginophytes were represented by
Sargassum wightii, S. duplicatum, S. tenerimum, Stoechospermum
marginatum, Dictyota dichotoma and Padina spp. The carrageenan
yielding red seaweeds were more in number (nine species) belonging to
seven Genera. Out of them, Hypnea musciformis, H. valentiae, Grateloupia
filicina, G. lithophila and a new resource Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis, from
Dhalavapuram and Kannur stations were available in considerable
quantities. The richest diversity of seaweeds was observed at Mullur
(Vizhinjam) and Thikkodi (Calicut) followed by Thirumallavaram (Quilon).
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of India
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12331/1/JMBAI_59_1_2017_Kaladharan%20P_Marine%20macroalgal%20resources.pdf
Baby UshaKiran, M S and Merlee Treasa, M V and Sathianandan, T V and Kaladharan, P (2017) Marine macroalgal resources from nine beaches along the Kerala coast, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 59 (1). pp. 73-81.