Seaweed cultivation is a high growth industry that is primarily targeted at human food and hydrocolloid markets. However, seaweed biomass also offers a feedstock for the production of nutrient-rich biochar for soil amelioration. We provide the first data of biochar yield and characteristics from intensively cultivated seaweeds (Saccharina, Undaria and Sargassum--brown seaweeds, and Gracilaria, ...

As the global demand for seaweed-derived products drives the expansion of seaweed farming onto shallow coral ecosystems, the effects of farms on fish assemblages remain largely unexplored. Shallow coral reefs provide food and shelter for highly diverse fish assemblages but are increasingly modified by anthropogenic activities. We hypothesized that the introduction of seaweed farms into degraded...

Patterns in rocky intertidal seaweed biodiversity influence the resilience and functioning of these important primary producer communities. In turn, seaweed biodiversity patterns are the result of many ecological factors. We determined the influences of thermal and desiccation stress, herbivory, and nutrients on seaweed biodiversity on a northern California rocky shoreline. In a fully crossed d...

ABSTRACT Physiological and nutritional management is an important practice for obtaining high quality seedlings. The use of seaweed extract has emerged as alternative to fertilizers biostimulants, although information on this with respect Alibertia edulis, a fruit-bearing species native the Cerrado region, scarce. aim study was evaluate effects Ascophyllum nodosum L. (ANE), both without additio...

BACKGROUND The acute kidney injury (AKI) may do damage to remote organs. Objective of the study is to investigate effect of seaweed extract (SE) on brain oxidative damage in kidney ischemia/reperfusion rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS Animals were randomly divided into five groups. SE pre-fed to rats. RESULTS Kidney I/R may cause oxidative injury in kidneys and brains tissue in rats. SE pre-treat...

Abstract Seaweed extracts are agricultural biostimulants that have been shown to increase the productivity of many crops. The aim this study was determine effect a seaweed extract from brown algae Durvillaea potatorum and Ascophyllum nodosum as soil treatment on yield wine grapes grown in Australian production climate conditions. This used series seven field experiments (2012–2017), across five...