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ArticleScientific reports2023

Feasibility of aquaculture cultivation of elkhorn sea moss (Kappaphycus alvarezii) in a horizontal long line in the Tropical Eastern Pacific.

Milton Montúfar-Romero, Raúl E Rincones-León, Lorena Belén Cáceres-Farias, María Mercedes Espinoza-Vera, Ulises Avendaño, Teodoro Cruz-Jaime, Luis Cubillos, Walter Ruiz, Willan Revelo, César Lodeiros and 2 more

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Milton Montúfar-RomeroPrograma Acuicultura, Instituto Público de Investigación de Acuicultura y Pesca, Proceso Investigación de los Recursos Bioacuáticos y su Ambiente, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Raúl E Rincones-LeónAgromarina Biorma Aquaculture C.A., Porlamar, Venezuela.
Lorena Belén Cáceres-FariasAquaCEAL Corporation, Urb. Las Palmeras, Ave. Capitán Byron Palacios & General Quisquis, #8, EC230101, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador.
María Mercedes Espinoza-VeraAquaCEAL Corporation, Urb. Las Palmeras, Ave. Capitán Byron Palacios & General Quisquis, #8, EC230101, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador.
Ulises AvendañoPrograma Acuicultura, Instituto Público de Investigación de Acuicultura y Pesca, Proceso Investigación de los Recursos Bioacuáticos y su Ambiente, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Teodoro Cruz-JaimeCooperativa de Producción Pesquera Artesanal Santa Rosa de Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador.
Luis CubillosCentro COPAS Coastal, Departamento de Oceanografía, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Walter RuizPrograma Acuicultura, Instituto Público de Investigación de Acuicultura y Pesca, Proceso Investigación de los Recursos Bioacuáticos y su Ambiente, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Willan ReveloPrograma Acuicultura, Instituto Público de Investigación de Acuicultura y Pesca, Proceso Investigación de los Recursos Bioacuáticos y su Ambiente, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
César LodeirosAquaCEAL Corporation, Urb. Las Palmeras, Ave. Capitán Byron Palacios & General Quisquis, #8, EC230101, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador.
Alonzo Alfaro-NúñezDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Naestved Hospital, Ringstedgade 57a, 4700, Naestved, Denmark.
Lenin Cáceres-FariasAquaCEAL Corporation, Urb. Las Palmeras, Ave. Capitán Byron Palacios & General Quisquis, #8, EC230101, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador. caceres_lenin@hotmail.com.

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Abstract

Seaweed aquaculture has become a profitable and an attractive alternative of cultivation thanks to its quick biomass production for food, feed, and other non-food applications. In addition, the ecosystem services generated by seaweed cultivation towards carbon fixation represents a more sustainable solution to the ocean's acidification. The growth of elkhorn sea moss (Kappaphycus alvarezii) was evaluated in three plots with 200 propagules during a period of 70 days in a floating raft system covered by a fishing net underneath. Initial weight of propagules was 159.3 ± 12.74 g in wet biomass and 15.3 ± 1.43 g in dry biomass and were sampled up to 19 days (in the lag growth phase; period I), up to 33 days (in the exponential growth phase; period II) and up to 70 days (in the stationarity growth phase; period III). The variations of sea surface water temperature, salinity, turbidity (Secchi depth), total ammonium, nitrites, nitrates, and phosphate were determined. The growth increase was more evident in the exponential phase II when a dry biomass of 28.0 ± 2.48 (1153.3 ± 6.25 g in wet mass) was reached, more than 7 times the biomass of propagules with an average daily growth rate of 15.2% g.day

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BryophytaSeaweedAquacultureEcosystemEdible SeaweedsFeasibility StudiesRhodophyta

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PMID37679424
PMCPMC10485050

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