TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Elemental Composition of Green Seaweed (Ulva rigida) Collected from Çanakkale, Turkey
AB  - Seaweeds or marine algae are rich in terms of minerals. They are used as food source due to thequality of their biological content in many countries. In this study, the elemental composition ofgreen seaweed (Ulva rigida) was determined seasonally. Sampling was carried out seasonally fromTurkey’s Çanakkale strait and the collected algae were analyzed both wet and dried according tothe Nordic Committee on Food Analysis (method 186). According to the results; calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium were found as macro elements and boron, barium, chromium, copper,iron, manganese, zinc as micro elements and determined within the legal limits stated by foodcodex. However, neither cobalt nor nickel as trace metals were detected in all groups. Moreover,lead and cadmium (which are considered hazardous) were also not detected. While Mg was foundto be the highest macro element in all seasons in wet algae, the highest macro mineral varied indried algae is Ca in spring, K in summer and Mg in both autumn and winter. Fe was found to bethe highest micro mineral followed by B, Zn, Mn and Cu both by season and by dried or wet ones(P<0.05).
AU  - Berik, Nermin
AU  - Çankırılıgil, Ekrem Cem
DO  - 10.26650/ASE2019557380
PY  - 2019
JO  - AQUATIC SCIENCES and ENGINEERING
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
SN  - 2602-473X
SP  - 74
EP  - 79
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/365162
ER  -