Culture and use of algae in Southeast Asia

 
 

Proceedings of the Symposium on Culture and Utilization of Algae in Southeast Asia, 8-11 December 1981, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines

Abstracts of the 13 papers presented at the symposium are cited individually. A variety of topics were covered, including the culture of micro and macroalgae, the processing of algal products and their utilization in industry as natural feed for aquaculture animals, the status of seaweed resources and their production, and the biology and use of algal populations as an indicator of the state of the aquatic environment.

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  • Culture and use of algae in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the Symposium on Culture and Utilization of Algae in Southeast Asia, 8-11 December 1981, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines 

    Dogma Jr., Ireneo J.; Trono Jr., Gavino C.; Tabbada, R. A. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    Abstracts of the 13 papers presented at the symposium are cited individually. A variety of topics were covered, including the culture of micro and macroalgae, the processing of algal products and their utilization in ...

  • Water quality assessment of the Langat River, Selangor, Malaysia using the natural algal periphyton community and laboratory bioassays of two Chlorella species 

    Anton, Ann (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    The physico-chemical conditions in 10 sampling stations off the headwaters of the Langat River, Selangor, Malaysia were studied. Monitoring was done twice a month from June to December 1980. Changes in water quality were ...

  • Philippine algal taxonomy: Past, present, and future 

    Cordero Jr., Paciente A. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    This paper presents a historical account of the development of algal taxonomy in the Philippines, from its early beginnings in 1800 to the present, with emphasis on marine forms. Marine algal taxonomists in the country ...

  • Present status of seaweed culture in Korea 

    Kang, Jae Wong (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    Seaweeds from natural stocks as well as from aquaculture have been widely utilized in Korea for a long time. Porphyra was first cultivated 360 years ago. The culture of Undaria pinnatifida was introduced more than 10 years ...

  • Antithamnion sparsum , its life history and hybridization with A. defectum in culture 

    Lee, I. K.; Boo, S. M. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    Antithamnion sparsum isolated from the southern and western coasts of Korea showed a basically Polysiphonia -type life history. However, it sometimes exhibited a monoecious reproduction and the carpospores released from ...

  • Utilization and farming of seaweeds in Indonesia 

    Soegiarto, Aprilani; Sulustijo (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    A great variety of seaweeds grow abundantly along the 81,000-km coastline of the 13,000 islands comprising the Indonesian archipelago. However, it is only recently that the economic importance of seaweeds has really been ...

  • Seaweed resources in the developing countries of Asia: Production and socio-economic implications 

    Trono Jr., Gavino C. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    The bulk of world seaweed production today comes from developed countries in the temperate region, including Japan, China, and Korea. The seaweed production potentials in the developing countries of Asia will have to be ...

  • Life history of Acrothrix pacifica and Sphaerotrichia divaricata in laboratory cultures 

    Umezaki, Isamu (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    The life histories of Acrothrix pacifica and Sphaerotrichia divaricata in the Chordariales, Phaeophyceae were studied in the laboratory. Both species showed an alternation of macroscopic sporophyte (2n) and microscopic ...

  • Utilization of seaweeds in Thailand 

    Lewmanomont, Khanjanapaj (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    Different seaweeds harvested from natural stocks are utilized in Thailand as human food and animal feed and for medicinal purpose and extraction of crude agar. Gracilaria and Porphyra are the most exploited commercially. ...

  • Algal production and utilization relevant to aquaculture in the Philippines 

    Pantastico, Julia B.; Baldia, Jose P.; Espegadera, Corazon C.; Reyes, Deogracias M., Jr. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    An outline is given of research conducted at the Aquaculture Department of SEAFDEC at Rizal, Philippines regarding algal culture and utilization. Culture methods for both brackishwater and freshwater algae are described ...

  • Culture and utilization of freshwater algae as protein source 

    Rodulfo, Bienvenida R. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    A discussion is presented on the commercial production of algae in mass culture conditions as a source of single-cell protein. Particular reference is made to the food situation in the Philippines, and research conducted ...

  • Utilization of seaweed resources 

    Cajipe, Gloria J. B. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    A brief discussion is presented on the commercial importance of seaweeds in the Philippines, which is mainly concerned with their use as sources of industrial gums such as agar, carrageenan, and alginic acid. Carrageenan ...

  • Growth and development of Trentepohlia odorata in culture 

    Lee, C. T.; Wee, Y. C.; Ho, K. K. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    Trentepohlia odorata, a filamentous green alga, grows profusely and imparts an orange color on walls of many high-rise apartment buildings in Singapore. Since bulk cultures are needed in the screening of possible chemicals ...

  • Agroindustrial waste products as sources of cheap substrates for algal single-cell protein production 

    Zafaralla, Macrina T.; Vidal, Lina R.; Travina, Leonor Elizabeth (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
    Four types of agroindustrial waste products were tested for their suitability as substrates for Chlorella single-cell protein production. Based on cell density on day 7, unsterilized rice straw filtrate, Tris-buffered ...

  • Foreword 

    Lacanilao, Flor J. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)