Morphological Studies of Some Edible seaweeds of Indian Coastal Areas of Southern India

Abstract

Seaweeds has a significant role to maintain the ecological balance of Marine Ecosystem. The morphology of different types of seaweeds something varied in their growth and chemical composition. They have stems commonly called stipes having primary, secondary and tertiary branches. The whole thallus attached to the rocky seashore area with rhizoids. The leaves of seaweeds are called Blades. Seaweeds are used in many Industries like Fertilizer, Food Industry, Cosmatic Industry, Biverage Industry, Textile Industry etc. Seaweeds are responsible for Production of Phycolloids which are used in Laboratory foor research works. Phycocolloids are of two types i.e. Agar and Algin. Both Algin and Agar are polysaccharides . As we know that Seaweeds are found in marine rocky seashore areas. In marine ecosystem, we have different types of Seaweeds. Generally, they are categorized into three division i.e Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta. Some examples of Chlorophyta is Ulva fasciata, Ulva radiata, Ulva rectuculata,Enteromorpha intestinalis, Codium fragile, however Rhodophyta includes Gracilaria corticata, Gracilaria verrucosa, Kappaphycus alvarezii Besides we have some examples of Phaeophyta are Turbinaria conoids, Sargassum tenerrimum, Sargassum jhonstonii, Sargassum muticum, etc.The objective of this study was to field visit in coastal areas for Morphological studies of different types of Seaweeds.

Cite as:

Babita Kumari, & Hitesh Solanki. (2024). Morphological Studies of Some Edible seaweeds of Indian Coastal Areas of Southern India. Research and Reviews: Journal of Environmental Sciences, 6(1), 44–61. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10799719