Table 5: Proximate ash content for Porphyra.

Species

Content % DW

Method (T,t)

location

reference

Porphyra sp

28.16

550 °C, 2-3 h

Jan 2007 São Miguel Island

[78]

P. vietnamensis

25.2

550 °C, 4 h

Feb 2002 Hawai’i

[108]

Py. yezoensis

7.25-3.76

500 °C, 5 h

Jan-Apr South Korea

[151]

P. columbina

6.46

525 °C, 5 h

Aug-Oct 2010 Argentina

[152]

Porphyra sp

19.07

525 °C, 5 h

Aug 2001 Portugal

[109]

Porphyra spp

10.3

525 °C, 5 h

China

[77]

P. yezoensis

9.3

525 °C, 5 h

South Korea

[154]