Tropical Red Macroalgae Cultivation with a Focus on Compositional Analysis.

ABSTRACT: To create carbon efficient sources of bioenergy feedstocks and feedstuff for aquaculture and terrestrial livestock, it is critical to develop and commercialize the most efficient seaweed cultivation approach with a sustainable nutrient input supply. Here, we present data for a novel, onshore tropical macroalgae cultivation system, based on influent deep seawater as the nutrient and carbon sources. Two red algal species were selected, Agardhiella subulata and Halymenia hawaiiana, as the basis for growth optimization. Highest productivity in small-scale cultivation was demonstrated with A. subulata in the 10% deep seawater (64.7 µg N L^-1) treatment, growing at up to 26% specific growth rate day^-1 with highest yields observed at 247.5 g m^-2

SUBMITTER: Augyte S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10609988 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature