Seaweed Cultivation Flashcards
Give some uses of seaweed?
Food, Hydrocolloid production (agar)
Costmetics, fish/animal feed, fertilisation
Biomass for fuel, waste water management
What types f seaweed are cultivated?
eucheumoid algae kappaphycus alvarezzi eucheuma spp. Elkhorn smeamass and Gigatinates Japanese sugar kelp Wake p.yezonesis, p, tenera, p.haitanesis
Explain the Lifecycle Kappaphycus, Eucheuma, Graciliaria
- Gametophyte
- Carposporophyte
- Tetrasporophyte (undergoes fragmentation)
- Tetraspores
- Produce Gametophyte
How are seeds cultivated in the species pyropia? Especially seed supply.
- Superior blades are selected from carbospores
- Carpospores form vegetative propogation to form vegetative fragments
- Carpospores + vegetative fragments form mass cultures of conchocelius
- Mass culture triggers growth, formation and maturation of sporangia, and induction of concehospore release
- Conchospores go through indoor and outdoor seeding
When are seeds cultivated (seed supply stage) in the species pyropia?
March - Oct
What happens in indoor seeding of pyropia spp?
Shells placed in tanks
nets are on reels rotating in tank
less than 1 hour
What happens in outdoor seeding of pyropia spp?
Shells places on seeding tarps with nets layered over shells
1 - 2 days
How are seeds cultivated in the species pyropia? Especially seabed culture.
- Seeded nets are placed on poles or fixed cultures
- Poles - nets hang from holes and height is adjusted for best drying regime
- Floating cultivation - Nets placed in nursery frames; drying regime to control disease and weeds
- Both cultures have nets with 2 - 3 cm long plants
- These plants are frozen then/or fixed on a pole/floating culture method is used to grow to harvest size
- Then harvested or frozen/held in a tank or processed
When are seeds cultivated (seabed cultivation stage) in the species pyropia?
Oct - April
What are the 2 indoor cultivation techniques used in kelp?
- Direct Seeding
2. Vegetative propagation of gemetophytes
Describe the method of direct seeding in the indoor cultivation of kelp
- Fertile algae –> preparation of sporogenic tissue
- Sporogenic tissue releases spores
- Released spores are innoculated
- Cultivation of juvenile sporophytes
Describe the method of ‘Vegetative propagation of gametophytes’ in the indoor cultivation of kelp
- Sporogenic tissue releases spores
- Gametophyte isolated clones
- Spraying of gametophytes and developing sporophytes
In kelp cultivation, when does seabed cultivation occur?
Saccharina are harvested May - June
Undaria are harvested March
In kelp cultivation, how does seabed cultivation occur?
Manual work - vertically grown seaweeds are called droppers
In Eucheumoid Cultivation, What 2 Techniques are used?
- Fixed-off-bottom moonlike method
2. Long-line floating method