Seaweeds! are not mere weeds but are valued marine plants. The multifacet uses of these
plants in food, chemical and textile industries, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and medicine …

India has 7,500 km of coastline with diverse habitats and rich biota. Coastal ecosystems,
unfortunately, are experiencing wide range of pressures due to siltation, eutrophication …

Seaweeds are an integral part of coastal ecosystems and offer invaluable ecosystem
services supporting the life of many marine forms. The economic value of seaweeds …

 The two chief types of plants occurring in the marine environment are the algae and sea
grasses. These are capable of synthesizing the complex organic substances from the simple …

Seaweeds are a renewable marine resources and have not yet received considerable
attention in the field of taxonomy in India as compared to their terrestrial counterparts …

Seaweeds, one of the important marine living resources could be termed as the futuristically
promising plants. These plants have been a source of food, feed and medicine in the orient …

2 and over 7500 km (Prasda Rao & Rakesh Sharma1995) of coastline interspersed with
sandy and rocky beaches, mudflats, estuaries and lagoons. The intertidal and shallow …

Seaweed industry is a promising and flourishing industry in India. About 700 species of
seaweeds have been reported from east and west coasts of India and from Lakshadweep …

Plants are the primary producers for the precious life to run on earth. They form the basic
direct food for the herbivores and indirectly to the carnivores and hence form part of food …

“Seaweed”, is a colloquial term for the common name of countless species of microscopic
and mostly macroscopic, multicellular algae which do not have root systems or flowers …