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Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot is an edible green alga farmed in Korea using seed stock produced from regeneration of isolated utricles and medullary filaments. Experiments were conducted to reveal the optimal conditions for nursery culture and out-growing of C. fragile. Sampling and measurement of underwater irradiance were carried out at farms cultivating C. fragile at Wando, on the southwestern coast of Korea, from October 2004 to August 2005. Growth of erect thalli and underwater irradiance were measured over a range of depths for three culture stages. During the nursery cultivation stage (Stage I), growth rate was greatest at 0.5 m depth (0.055 ± 0.032 mm day−1), where the average midday irradiance over 60 days was 924 ± 32 μmol photons m−2 s−1. During the pre-main cultivation stage (Stage II), the greatest growth rate occurred at a depth of 2 m (0.113 ± 0.003 mm day−1) with an average irradiance of 248 ± 116 μmol photons m−2 s−1. For the main cultivation stage (Stage III) of the alga, thalli achieved the greatest increase in biomass at 1 m depth (7.2 ± 1.0 kg fresh wt m−1). These results suggest that optimal growth at each cultivation stages of C. fragile could be controlled by depth of cultivation rope.
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This research was supported by a grant (F10400706A210000100) from the Fisheries Technology Development Program funded by Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries of Korean government and National Fisheries Research & Development Institute (RP-2007-AQ-025). We thank Dr. Phillip Heath (NIWA, New Zealand) for reviewing the English.
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Hwang, E.K., Baek, J.M. & Park, C.S. Cultivation of the green alga, Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot, by artificial seed production in Korea. J Appl Phycol 20, 469–475 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-007-9265-5
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