Table 3 Culture parameters with estimated daily growth rate in percentages of the main culture studies of Kappaphycus alvarezii.

From: Feasibility of aquaculture cultivation of elkhorn sea moss (Kappaphycus alvarezii) in a horizontal long line in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Initial weight of propagules

Harvest time in days

(% day–1)

Equation of % DGR used

Location

References

150–500 g

120

3.5–5.6

[(InWf/InWo)/t] × 100

Hawaii

38

150 g

30

1.9–6.2

[(InWt–In Wo)/t] × 100

Hawaii

11

32–36 g

18

1.9–4.6

[(InWf/InWo) × 100]/t

China

39

100–150 g

60

3.7–7.2

[In (Wf–Wo)/t × 100

Philippines

40

2 kg por line 7 m

72

5.9–8.9

[(Wf–Wo/Wo)] × 100/t

Philippines

10

1.5 g

120

0.1–8.1

[(100 In (Wf/Wo)/t] - 1

Shikoku Japan

41

2 kg per line of 5 m

60

1.1–3.4

[In (Wf-Wo)/t] × 100

Philippines

42

400 g/m2

120

3.2–10.8

[(Wt/Wo)1/t–1] × 100

Vietnam

7

100–150 g

30

4.5–8.9

[(Wt/Wo)1/t–1] × 100

Brazil

19

2 kg per line of 5 m

90

2.3–4.2

[In (Wf–Wo)/t] × 100

Philippines

43

5 g

90

0.3–5.5

[(Wt–W0)/1/t] × 100

India

44

50 g

90

4.5–8.2

[(Wt/Wo)1/t–1] × 100

Brazil

45

 ~ 100 g

30

2.0–7.1

ln(Wt–Wo)/t × 100

Yucatán, México

4

20–50 g dry

30

2.5–6.6

[(Wt/Wo)1/t–1] × 100

Brazil

46

100 g

45

3.9–14.0

In (Wf–Wo)/t × 100

India

47

50 g

40

2.4–3.7

(lnWt/lnWo)/t × 100

Indonesia

48

20 g

40

2.6–4.3

[(InWf/InWo)/t] × 100

Indonesia

36

159.3 ± 12.74 g wet

19

3.0

[(Wf–Wo)1/t–1] × 100

Ecuador

This study

33

15.2

70

6.5

  1. Wo initial weight (g), Wt final weight (g) t is the number of days of culture.