RT Journal Article
T1 Culture of Chondracanthus teedei and Gracilariopsis longissima in a traditional salina from southern Spain
A1 Bermejo-Lacida, Ricardo
A1 Macías, Manuel
A1 Cara, Claudia L
A1 Sánchez-García, Josefina
A1 Hernández, Ignacio
K1 Algas - Cultivo - España
K1 Acuicultura - Espàña
AB The cultivation of two red macroalgal species, Chondracanthus teedei (Martens ex Roth) and Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft M, L.M. Irvine&W.F. Farnham, was assessed in a traditional salina, a system of earthen ponds used for marinesalt extraction taking advantages of solar evaporation and tidal cycle. Vegetative thalli of both species were cultivated in raftsholding polypropylene ropes, from January to June 2015, when lock-gates were opened during the period of no salt production.The effects of three factors in the net growth ratewere analysed: seedling density, watermotion and seasonality.Water motion andseasonality showed a significant effect in the growth of both species. Seedling density only showed a significant effect in thegrowth of Gp. longissima, where the growth rates improved at high seedling densities. Values of tissue N were generally lowerthan critical quotas, suggesting that maximum growth was limited by the concentrations of dissolved nutrients. In addition, thehigh salinity and temperatures in late spring seemed to condition the values of net growth rate. The study suggested thatmacroalgal cultivation of these two valuable species could be a promising complementary activity in the integrated managementof the salina during winter and early spring, when salinity is lower than 40 PSU, if nutrients in the water are increased with thesemi-intensive fish cultivation and the hydrodynamic conditions along the rafts are enhanced.
PB Springer
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29692
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29692
LA eng
NO Bermejo, Ricardo, M. Macías, C.L. Cara, J. Sánchez-García, and I. Hernández. 2019. “Culture of Chondracanthus Teedei and Gracilariopsis Longissima in a Traditional Salina from Southern Spain.” Journal of Applied Phycology 31: 561–73.
NO Project RNM1235 of the Consejería de Economía y Conocimiento of the Junta de Andalucía (Spain).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026