scholarly journals Analysis of Seaweeds from South West England as a Biorefinery Feedstock

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (20) ◽  
pp. 4456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey A. Beacham ◽  
Isobel S. Cole ◽  
Louisa S. DeDross ◽  
Sofia Raikova ◽  
Christopher J. Chuck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Single Product ◽  
Commercial Exploitation ◽  
Multiple Products ◽  
Multiple Components ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
The Uk ◽  
South West England

Seaweeds contain many varied and commercially valuable components, from individual pigments and metabolites through to whole biomass, and yet they remain an under cultivated and underutilised commodity. Currently, commercial exploitation of seaweeds is predominantly limited to whole biomass consumption or single product extracts for the food industry. The development of a seaweed biorefinery, based around multiple products and services, could provide an important opportunity to exploit new and currently underexplored markets. Here, we assessed the native and invasive seaweeds on the South West coast of the UK to determine their characteristics and potential for exploitation through a biorefinery pipeline, looking at multiple components including pigments, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and other metabolites.

On the number of Patella species in south-west England

1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick M. Gaffney
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Variation ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
Enzyme Systems ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
East West ◽  
South West England

Limpet populations of the genus Patella from the south-west coast of England were examined by means of gel electrophoresis in order to settle debate on the specific status of the three Patella forms. Populations varied morphologically along an east-west gradient, from three distinct forms in the west to continuous intergradation in the east, in accord with earlier studies. Patella collected were divided into three groups on the basis of a complex of external features described by earlier workers, corresponding to the morphologically defined taxa P. vulgata Linn., 1758, P. aspera Röding, 1798, and P. depressa Pennant, 1777. These groups were electrophoretically distinct in five of seven enzyme systems examined, with no hybrids or intermediates. Incomplete speciation and hybridization can be ruled out as possible causes of the observed morphological variation.

TBE in United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Clinical Disease ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Probable Case ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South West ◽  
Louping Ill ◽  
The Uk ◽  
North And South ◽  
South West England

Until 2019, TBE was considered only to be an imported disease to the United Kingdom. In that year, evidence became available that the TBEV is likely circulating in the country1,2 and a first “probable case” of TBE originating in the UK was reported.3 In addition to TBEV, louping ill virus (LIV), a member of the TBEV-serocomplex, is also endemic in parts of the UK. Reports of clinical disease caused by LIV in livestock are mainly from Scotland, parts of North and South West England and Wales.4

Meteorological aspects of mud bank formation along south west coast of India

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asha S. Philip ◽  
C.A. Babu ◽  
P.V. Hareeshkumar
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
Mud Bank

Inter-annual and seasonal dynamics of amino acid, mineral and vitamin composition of silver belly Leiognathus splendens

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kajal Chakraborty ◽  
Deepu Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
The South ◽  
Post Monsoon ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
Protein Amino Acids

Silver bellies, Leiognathus splendens were studied for their spatial (south-west and south-east coasts of India), annual (2008–2011) and seasonal (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon) variations of protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. The monthly mean Sea Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor data for the period from January 2008 to December 2011 were taken into account to indicate the distribution of the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll-a to test the hypothesis that surface productivity might be related to nutritional biochemistry of this species. The four year average total protein content and chlorophyll-a showed good correlation during monsoon on the south-west coast and monsoon/post-monsoon on the south-east coast, suggesting that the protein content is prejudiced by the chlorophyll-a concentration. Amino acid scores observed monsoon maxima along the south-west and south-east coasts. Significant seasonal variations in vitamin content were observed at the study locations with high content of vitamins D3, E, K1 and C on the south-west coast. Na content was maximal during pre-monsoon on the south-west coast, while post-monsoon maxima of Ca and K content were observed. The Fe, Mn and Zn were abundant in the samples collected from the south-west coast. The concentration of Se exhibited maximum values post-monsoon along the south-west and south-east coasts. The present study demonstrated L. splendens as a valuable source of the protein, amino acids, minerals and vitamins, showing that this low-value species is a good source of well balanced proteins with high biological value to be qualified as a preferred healthy food for human consumption.

Comparison of Lipid Profile in Three Species of Myctophids from the South West Coast of Kerala, India

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libin Baby ◽  
Thazhakot Vasunambisan Sankar ◽  
Rangasamy Anandan
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Profile ◽  
West Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast

Seasonal and inter-annual lipid dynamics of spiny cheek grouper (Epinephelus diacanthus) in the southern coast of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (8) ◽  
pp. 1677-1686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kajal Chakraborty ◽  
Deepu Joseph ◽  
Selsa Jose Chakkalakal
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
Human Diet ◽  
Post Monsoon ◽  
Lipid Dynamics ◽  
South West ◽  
Acid Ratio ◽  
South West Coast

The muscle lipid, fatty acids and total cholesterol profiles of the spiny cheek grouper, Epinephelus diacanthus, collected from south-west (Arabian Sea) and south-east coasts (Bay of Bengal) of India were evaluated over four years (2008–2011) with regard to three seasons (pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon). Fatty acids were correlated with chlorophyll-a concentration and sea surface temperature. Lipid content, total polyunsaturated, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic fatty acids of the samples from the south-west coast showed positive correlation with chlorophyll-a concentration during the monsoon (r2 = 0.93, 0.97, 0.97 and 0.99, respectively). Higher hypocholesterolaemic/hypercholesterolaemic ratio (>1.0) and low atherogenic (<1.2), thrombogenicity (≤0.6) indices make the groupers collected from the coast of the Arabian Sea a valued candidate species for human nutrition. High levels of n-3 fatty acids (>19% during post-monsoon), important in the human diet for their platelet anti-aggregating and blood pressure-reducing properties, for groupers collected from the south-west coast, with higher n-3/n-6 fatty acid ratio (>5.1) proved this species from the coast of the Arabian Sea to be a desirable item in the human diet.

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