TY - BOOK ID - 16245220 TI - Tropical Seaweed Farming Trends, Problems and Opportunities : Focus on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma of Commerce AU - Hurtado, Anicia Q. AU - Critchley, Alan T. AU - Neish, Iain C. PY - 2017 SN - 3319634984 3319634976 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Life sciences. KW - Applied ecology. KW - Aquatic ecology. KW - Plant physiology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Freshwater & Marine Ecology. KW - Applied Ecology. KW - Plant Physiology. KW - Marine algae. KW - Marine algae culture. KW - Marine algae industry. KW - Algae culture KW - Mariculture KW - Sea vegetables KW - Seaweed KW - Seaweeds KW - Vegetables, Sea KW - Algae KW - Marine plants KW - Aquatic biology. KW - Botany KW - Plants KW - Physiology KW - Ecology KW - Environmental protection KW - Nature conservation KW - Hydrobiology KW - Water biology KW - Aquatic sciences KW - Biology KW - Aquatic ecology . KW - Aquatic biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16245220 AB - This book collates the latest information on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma seaweeds. The edited volume provides an important companion to anyone studying or working with what is the world’s largest cultivated marine plant biomass. The contributing authors have excelled in providing information on production and present and future uses of these carrageenan-bearing seaweeds. Important elements of taxonomy, distribution and methods of cultivation and processing are presented to the reader in an accessible and easily understood format. The book provides a number of valuable opinions on value addition and MUZE technologies which highlight value-chains associated with these important red algae. ER -