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Impact des laisses végétales sur la dynamique des plages sableuses, Martinique, Petites Antilles
VertigO, 2021 The beaches of the Caribbean Islands are regularly affected by the stranding of plant debris (algae, phanerogams, etc.) at the tide mark line, which becomes mixed with sand at the top of the beach, along with deadwood and other waste of anthropogenic ...
Franck Dolique +2 more
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Scientia PharmaceuticaBrown algae are a valuable source of bioactive secondary metabolites, particularly polyphenols and sulfated polysaccharides with photoprotective and antioxidant activities.
Katherine González-Berrio +1 more
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Appetite in captivity - feeding studies of the red sea cucumber Parastichopus tremulus
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The deposit feeding sea cucumber Parastichopus tremulus is an underutilised resource in North Atlantic waters. Geographically it is distributed from the Barents Sea in the north to the Canary Islands in the south. At present performance of P. tremulus in
Jan Sunde, Gyda Christophersen
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Études CaribéennesSince 2011, inhabitants of Martinique and Guadeloupe (French West Indies) have been suffering from the disruption of sargassums’ beachings. Accustomed to the Atlantic coasts of the Caribeean territories for centuries, the flow and circulation of the ...
Fanny Sabourin Labrousse
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Energies, 2020 The Caribbean has been experiencing beach inundations of pelagic Sargassum, causing environmental, health and financial issues. This study showed variations in the composition and methane potential (MP) between the species of Sargassum.
John James Milledge +3 more
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Études CaribéennesThe objective of this article is to study the costs of the upstream supply chain in the context of sargassum seaweed valorization. This is a prospective approach whose chosen methodology consists of modeling an upstream supply chain by coupling discrete ...
Katie Lanneau, Maurice Bilioniere
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Carbon Materials Prepared from Invading Pelagic Sargassum for Supercapacitors’ Electrodes
Molecules, 2023 Since 2011, substantial amounts of pelagic Sargassum algae have washed up along the Caribbean beaches and the Gulf of Mexico, leading to negative impacts on the economy and the environment of those areas. Hence, it is now crucial to develop strategies to
Sandra Roche +7 more
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Molecules, 2022 Adsorption is one of the most successful physicochemical approaches for removing heavy metal contaminants from polluted water. The use of residual biomass for the production of adsorbents has attracted a lot of attention due to its cheap price and ...
Yeray Alvarez-Galvan +8 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The holopelagic macroalgae sargassum has proliferated across the tropical Atlantic since 2011, of consequence for coastal populations from West Africa to the Caribbean with limited early warning of major beaching events.
Robert Marsh +8 more
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Potential Beneficial Effects of Sargassum spp. in Skin Aging
Marine Drugs, 2022 Seaweeds are receiving much attention as a rich source of bioactive compounds with cosmeceutical potential. Recent studies have revealed that Sargassum spp., a genus of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae, has multiple functions in preventing and ...
Min-Kyeong Lee +8 more
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