Manuals and How-tos

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New England Seaweed Culture Handbook: Nursery Systems

A 92-page handbook published by Connecticut Sea Grant provides instruction on nursery culture for four economically and ecologically valuable seaweeds. The volume builds on decades of research on the physiological and culture techniques led by Dr. Charles Yarish at UConn and Dr. Christopher Neefus, U. of New Hampshire.

The Seaweed Culture in New England: How-to Videos featured below are meant to be a visual companion to this handbook.

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Seaweed Culture in New England: How-to Videos

This is a 6-part tutorial on culturing economically valuable seaweeds for New England. Four different species are featured. The videos are meant to be a visual companion to the Handbook for Seaweed Culture in New England (featured above). Sarah Redmond narrates the video. Content contributed by Sarah, Dr. Jang Kim and Dr. Charles Yarish (UCONN) and Dr. Chris Neefus and Lindsay Greene (Univ. of New Hampshire).

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