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Rapid growth of seaweed biotechnology provides opportunities for developing nations

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Figure 1: Distribution of seaweed aquaculture and applications for research papers (top left), tons produced (top right) and patent registrations (bottom).

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  1. Department of Global Change Research, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, Esporles, Spain

    Inés Mazarrasa, Ylva S Olsen, Eva Mayol, Núria Marbà & Carlos M Duarte

  2. The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

    Ylva S Olsen & Carlos M Duarte

  3. Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Carlos M Duarte

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Mazarrasa, I., Olsen, Y., Mayol, E. et al. Rapid growth of seaweed biotechnology provides opportunities for developing nations. Nat Biotechnol 31, 591–592 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2636

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