Overview
- Provides readers with access to some of the opinions of world experts on Eucheuma seaweeds
- Gives insight in the taxonomy, distribution, cultivation, single and multiple stream processing and the myriad of present and potential applications for the world’s leading cultivated group of red seaweeds
- Explains how the biomass produced by Eucheuma cultivation has many important future applications from food to bioactives/biostimulants to colloids to energy
Part of the book series: Developments in Applied Phycology (DAPH, volume 9)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tropical Seaweed Farming Trends, Problems and Opportunities
Book Subtitle: Focus on Kappaphycus and Eucheuma of Commerce
Editors: Anicia Q. Hurtado, Alan T. Critchley, Iain C. Neish
Series Title: Developments in Applied Phycology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63498-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63497-5Published: 03 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87572-9Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63498-2Published: 17 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2543-0599
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0602
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 216
Number of Illustrations: 103 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Applied Ecology, Plant Physiology