Contents
Preface
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Acknowledgements
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1. Introduction to the Marine Algae: Overview
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Ana Isabel Neto and Isabel Sousa Pinto
2. Importance of Seaweed in the Climate Change—Seaweed Solution
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Ik Kyo Chung, Jung Hyun Oak, Jin Ae Lee, Tae-Ho Seo, Jong Gyu Kim and Kwang-Seok Park
3. Microalgal Metabolism and their Utilisation
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Michael A. Borowitzka
4. Microalgal Biomass Production
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Rathinam Raja, Hemaiswarya Shanmugam, Ramanujam Ravikumar and Isabel S. Carvalho
5. Advances and Constraints in Seaweed Farming as a Basal Constituent for the
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Environmentally Sustainable Development of Aquaculture in Chile
Alejandro H. Buschmann, María C. Hernández-González and Bárbara S. Labbé
6. Microalgal Downstream Processing: Harvesting, Drying, Extraction, Separation,
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and Purification
Xavier C. Fretté
7. Marine Algal Bioactivities
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Catarina Vizetto-Duarte, Carolina Bruno de Sousa, Maria Rodrigues, Luísa Custódio,
Luísa Barreira and João Varela
8. Macroalgal Phycocolloids
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Leonel Pereira
9. Microalgae for Feed
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Vítor Verdelho, João Navalho and Ana P. Carvalho
10. Potential Use of Extracts of Seaweeds Against Plant Pathogens
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Jatinder Singh Sangha, Robin E. Ross, Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian, Alan T. Critchley
and Balakrishnan Prithiviraj
11. The Cosmeceutical Properties of Compounds Derived from Marine Algae
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Snezana Agatonovic-Kustrin and David W. Morton
12. Dinoflagellates and Toxin Production
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Joana Assunção and F. Xavier Malcata
13. Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture: An Overview
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Isabel C. Azevedo, Tânia R. Pereira, Sara Barrento and Isabel Sousa Pinto