Resources and possibilities for exploitation of North Adriatic seaweeds

✍ Scribed by Ivka M. Munda

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 494 KB
• Volume: 204-205
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-5141
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00040250

✦ Synopsis

Suggestions for a small-scale exploitation of seaweeds in the northern Adriatic are given along with a survey of the fresh weight biomass and chemical composition of individual species . The intertidal is occupied by Fucus virsoides . In polluted sites, it is replaced by seasonal annuals . Cystoseira species are dominant in the upper subtidal and represent the major part of seaweed resources in this area . In polluted sites they are replaced by Halopteris scoparia and Dictyota dichotoma . Peaks in biomass were found in spring in the upper water layers and in early summer lower in the subtidal . The protein content of most species exhibited maxima in spring . Elevated values were found in plants from polluted and estuarine habitats .