Seaweed Mariculture: Scope And Potential In India

Seaweeds are macrophytic algae, aprimitive type of plants lacking trueroots, stems and leaves. Mostseaweeds belong to one of threedivisions - the Chlorophyta (greenalgae), the Phaeophyta (brown algae)and the Rhodophyta (red algae). Thereare about 900 species of greenseaweed, 4000 red species and 1500brown species found in nature1. Thegreatest variety of red seaweeds isfound in subtropical and tropicalwaters, while brown seaweeds are morecommon in cooler, temperate waters.