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Other seaweed may be used as fertilizer, compost for landscaping, or to combat beach erosion through burial in beach dunes. [54] Seaweed is under consideration as a potential source of bioethanol. [55] [56] Seaweed is lifted out of the top of an algae scrubber/cultivator, to be discarded or used as food, fertilizer, or skin care.
Edible seaweed, or sea vegetables, are seaweeds that can be eaten and used for culinary purposes. [1] They typically contain high amounts of fiber . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They may belong to one of several groups of multicellular algae : the red algae , green algae , and brown algae . [ 2 ]
Caulerpa lentillifera or sea grape is a species of ulvophyte green algae from coastal regions in the Asia-Pacific. This seaweed is one of the favored species of edible Caulerpa due to its soft and succulent texture. It is traditionally eaten in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, Oceania, and East Asia.
A biologist holds clumps of dulse seaweed grown by Cascadia Seaweed in British Columbia, Canada. The company is cultivating the algae for use as a feed additive and biostimulant in agriculture ...
Dulse, a type of edible seaweed. Algae are used as foods in many countries: China consumes more than 70 species, including fat choy, a cyanobacterium considered a vegetable; [citation needed] Japan, over 20 species such as nori and aonori; [119] Ireland, dulse; Chile, cochayuyo. [120] Laver is used to make laverbread in Wales, where it is known ...
Seaweed were generally considered homologues of terrestrial plants, [11] but are only very distantly related to plants, and have evolved plant-like structures through convergent evolution. [12] Where plants have leaves, stems, and reproductive organs, kelp have independently evolved blades, stipes, and sporangia .
Most people have experienced seaweed during a visit to the beach or as part of a meal of sushi. Seaweed is also an ingredient in many other everyday items people normally wouldn't consider -- like ...
Ahi limu poke: raw fish with limu. Limu, otherwise known as rimu, remu or ʻimu (from Proto-Austronesian *limut) [1] is a general Polynesian term for edible plants living underwater, such as seaweed, or plants living near water, like algae.