Abstract:Seaweed exploitation in Chile has increased over the last decades, resulting in a reduction of seaweeds landings and the overharvesting of natural beds. In response, ecological baselines for their sustainable exploitation and the development of seaweed aquaculture have been implemented. In recent years, the culture of commercial red seaweed Chondracanthus chamissoi has been developed experimentally by spore and vegetative reproduction. These methods are facilitated by the formation of secondary attachment disc… Show more
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