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About
the SeaPlant Handbook |
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The
SuriaLink Seaplant Handbook is a continuing work in progress
that will develop, expand and improve as knowledge about
seaweeds, seavegetables and seaplant products grows. The
handbook is currently in its early development stages and we
look forward to receiving additions and corrections as our base
of Associates and Members increases.
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Genus
Fact Sheets - Greens
- Reds
- Browns
Genus
fact sheets give a one-page overview of each genus including
summary statistics, pictures, genus links and summaries of
information presented under the headings shown on this page.
Individual
genus fact sheets
can be seen
by using the index below:
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headings to go to sections below >>>
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Biology
& Agronomy
Currently
SuriaLink is focusing on the three phyla of marine macrophytic
algae that are commonly known as “seaweeds” or
“seavegetables”. Commercially useful genera of each phylum
will be covered by a fact sheet that links to specific topics
under the general handbook headings of Biology, Chemistry,
Production, Processing, Products and Uses. We are starting
with the Carragar
seaplants.
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Chemistry
Our treatment of seaplant chemistry will focus on those
constituents that are of commercial interest. For example we
have monographs in preparation that deal in an innovative way
with the chemistry of biopolymers; notably with the
classification of agar and carrageenan, the red algal galactans
produced by the Carragar
Community.
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Processing
One
of the goals of SuriaLink is to assist in the expansion of the
seaplant industry by facilitating easy, cost-effective access to
process technology that can help seaplant businesses to
efficiently grow and expand. The Seaplant Handbook assists by
pointing the way to reliable information and services including
manuals for several process technologies and analytical methods.
Initial focus is on post-harvest treatment and the manufacture
of "semi-refined" products by the Carragar
Community.
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Products
& Uses
SuriaLink
also aims to assist users of seaplant products as the sort out
the range of available products and determine how these can
contribute to the development of their product lines and the
growth of their business.
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Community
Associations
Most people have a community orientation associated with their
seaplant interests. For example a cottonii farmer has vested
interests that are associated with the Carragar,
the Farming
and the Biopolymer
Communities. In the SeaPlant Handbook we facilitate such
community links.
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SuriaLink focuses on
the seaplants of commerce. Besides generating our own
original material we strive to complement useful sites
with relevant material and to provide a means for our
users to readily link to the information they seek.
We are adding many useful and interesting sites to
our
links pages
within the
Communities, Handbook and GIS sections and we
welcome your input about suggested sites or broken
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For a useful site that points you to a wealth of information about
more than 20,000 species of seaplants - commercial and
otherwise - we recommend http://www.algaebase.org/
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Geographical,
Market and Crop Information
Besides
including information in the Seaplant Handbook SuriaLink is also
building a base of historical and real-time information on
global market and crop conditions. SuriaLink.com has separate
sections dealing with these decision critical matters and is
also developing services that facilitate buyer-seller
relationships through our “Exchanges” section.
Click on the table below to navigate the GIS. |
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A
note about symbols:
In effect the SuriaLink site is a relational
database. To facilitate database
operations and to eliminate ambiguity among
languages we have assigned unique two or three
letter symbols as follows: |
| Major
Ocean/Sea Zone |
Z
+ 2 letters (e.g. ZIO = Indian Ocean) |
| Marine
region (sea,
bay, channel, etc.) |
3
letters (e.g. BBE = Bay of Bengal) |
| Country |
X
+ 2 letters (e.g. XIN = India) |
| Genus |
2
letters (e.g. GR = Gracilaria) |
| Species |
3
letters (e.g. EDL = edulis) |
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the combination ZIO-BBE-XIN-GR-EDL uniquely
designates Gracilaria edulis from the
Indian coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian
Ocean. |
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