Site
FW:DW
DM
OM
CP
TL
Carbohydrates
Ash
GE (MJ.kg-1 DM)
MARFUA
MARFU
GFBB Kelso
6.31
4.37
11.98
940.87
937.93
926.84
841.11
935.90
832.35
278.56
252.40
75.41
96.76
79.35
52.09
406.66
542.08
631.69
158.89
64.10
167.65
16.08
19.41
15.18
Green algae
Caulerpa taxifolia
Chaetomorpha linum
Cladophora coelothrix
Cladophora patentiramea
Derbesia tenuissima
Ulva sp.
Ulva ohnoi
MARFU
MARFU
GFBB Bowen
PRC
MARFU
MARFU
MARFU
11.11
6.00
3.72
4.45
8.10
6.90
6.52
930.81
934.81
923.57
938.31
919.27
911.42
907.00
730.39
745.56
765.90
635.04
922.52
793.49
788.74
166.73
218.54
269.33
122.61
339.09
241.62
220.59
58.98
47.89
49.96
26.07
130.13
33.05
24.56
435.49
413.94
370.18
424.67
372.55
430.23
450.59
269.61
254.44
234.10
364.96
77.48
206.51
211.26
13.07
12.86
15.32
11.22
20.14
13.57
12.02
Brown algae
Cystoseira trinodis
Dictyota bartayresii
Hormophysa triquetra
Padina australis
Sargassum flavicans
Colpomenia sinuosa
NBD
NB and RBE
NB
RB
NB
NB
6.39
6.74
5.73
5.38
6.80
15.63
919.95
945.44
925.32
933.88
925.19
945.06
733.33
699.27
696.93
614.43
744.19
590.31
98.45
96.30
42.50
59.18
45.19
75.86
35.22
112.82
33.94
24.98
27.21
31.05
524.18
440.06
547.78
466.90
599.08
431.99
266.67
300.73
303.07
385.57
255.81
409.69
12.09
12.86
10.68
8.65
11.67
9.86
Red algae
Asparagopsis taxiformis
Halymenia floresii
Hypnea pannosa
Laurencia filiformis
MARFU
NB
NB
NB
3.73
7.88
10.40
11.70
944.82
929.30
935.74
936.57
810.58
722.50
526.65
640.21
254.75
99.60
65.64
86.75
33.33
15.14
28.51
64.32
437.35
525.34
360.52
415.50
189.42
277.50
473.35
359.79
16.44
11.55
7.54
11.46
DCS
Flinders grass
-
-
897.91
925.92
801.01
875.76
497.50
27.50
47.18
28.68
154.24
745.51
198.99
124.24
18.55
15.51
Species
Freshwater algae
Cladophora vagabunda
Oedogonium sp.
Spirogyra sp.
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
Marine and Aquaculture Research Facility Unit, Macroalgal Biofuels and Bioproducts Research Group, James Cook University (19.33oS; 146.76oE); B Good Fortune Bay Fisheries, a barramundi farm (19.36oS;
146.70oE); C Pacific Reef Fisheries, Tiger prawn farm (19.58°S, 147.40°E); D Nelly Bay, an intertidal reef flat situated in Magnetic Island (19.16°S; 146.85°E), E Rowes Bay, an intertidal reef flat situated in Townsville
(19.23°S, 146.79°E).
Parameters were calculated in g.kg-1 DM, unless otherwise stated; FW:DW, fresh weight to dry weight ratio; DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein (nitrogen factors of 5.13, 5.38, and 4.59 for
green, brown and red macroalgae, respectively [25], and 6.25 for cottonseed and Flinders grass hay); TL, total lipids; GE, gross energy; (n = 2 ).