The yield and quality of multiple harvests of filamentous Ulva tepida

摘要: Species of the genus Ulva are used for human consumption due to their nutritional qualities and we assess a new filamentous species, tepida. A critical step is quantify yield quality biomass over multiple harvests ensure consistency throughout production cycle. To do this, ropes were seeded with U. tepida harvested fortnightly 6 weeks outdoor cultivation quantified each harvest. This cycle was repeated further two times. The not significantly different between (13.6–23.0 g dry weight (dw) m-1 rope), however, final harvest highly variable. Consequently, recommend harvests. biomass, as determined by key biochemical parameters these sequential harvests, consistent. Carbohydrates major component (45 % dw) primarily dietary fibre (27 consisting insoluble (18 soluble (9 dw, equates ulvan) fibre, consistent values Protein, sum amino acids (17 dw), also Similarly, content ash (31 lipids (3 well composition minerals fatty These results quantify, first time, no negative effects on support this technique optimise productivity quality.