Author
Jayvee Ablaña Saco
2017
Background of the Study
Seaweeds play an important role in the marine ecosystem as primary producers and are widely used as food for human consumption, produced mainly by cultivation. In addition, ecologically they provide a source of food to higher organisms; shelter and nursing grounds for higher organisms; nutrient retention and cyclin; substrate stabilizer; carbon dioxide sink and others. Furthermore, economically they are used as food supplements, fertilizer, and extracts as food additives for the food industry, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and industrial purposes. Seaweeds can be collected from the natural or wild stock but due to the increasing demands for raw materials and derived products it is now increasingly cultivated commercially.
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