8 articles
Coralline algae are calcified red algae that paint reefs pink, cement them together and decide where young shellfish settle. Forms, ecology and climate risks.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Dulse (Palmaria palmata) grows in land-based tumble tanks, not open sea. Light, nutrients, effluent integration and the economics of controlled red algae.
Naomi Reyes ·
Gelidium, the agar weed: how to recognise this small red seaweed, where it grows, and why its gels run from dessert moulds to microbiology labs.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Nori farming runs on Pyropia's strange two-stage life: a blade at sea and a filament hidden in shells. How the biology drives a billion-sheet industry.
Naomi Reyes ·
Irish moss is the small red alga of North Atlantic shores that gave the world carrageenan. Profile: ecology, history, harvest and modern uses.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Gracilaria sea mosses are among the most farmed seaweeds on Earth and the classic source of agar. Profile of their ecology, culture and cuisine.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Green, brown or red: seaweed colour is chemistry plus ancestry. A guide to algal pigments, the three seaweed lineages, and what colour says about depth.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Turkish towel species profile: the rough-textured red alga of surf-swept Pacific rocks, its carrageenan chemistry, life cycle and kelp-forest role.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·