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Marine biomass research in Florida

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Date Issued:
1983
Title: Marine biomass research in Florida.
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Name(s): Ryther, John H.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Date Issued: 1983
Publisher: Soil & Crop Science of Florida
Place of Publication: Gainesville, Fla?
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 10 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: FA00007328 (IID)
Note(s): The red alga Gracilaria tikvahiae may be grownoutdoors year-round in central Florida with yieldsaveraging 35.5 g dry wt/m² . day, greater than themost productive terrestrial plants. This occurs whenthe plants are grown in suspended culture, with vigorousaeration and an exchange of 25 or more culturevolumes of enriched seawater per day. A culture systemwas designed in which Gracilaria, stocked at adensity of 2 kg wet wt/m², grows to double its biomassin one to two weeks; it is then harvested to its startingdensity, and anaerobically digested to methane.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 398
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Ryther, J. H. (1983). Marine biomass research in Florida. Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida Proceedings, 42, 40-48.
Subject(s): Florida
Biomass
Gracilaria
Methane
Red algae
Green algae
Ulva
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007328
Host Institution: FAU