Effects of different culture periods of commercial invasive red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty on plankton community structures in tropical marine environment, Southeast coast of India

Abstract

Abstract The commercial invasive red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii was cultivated by floating raft technique for the assessment of crop yields, growth rates and their impacts on the plankton community related to hydrobiological parameters in the Munakadu coast, Southeastern India for the period of one year from February 2016 to January 2017. The ANOVA results showed that the crop yield and daily growth rate of K. alvarezii was significantly higher (p