Abstract
Seaweeds are very common marine food sources in many Asian countries for consuming and trading due to their nutritional values. Bangladesh has almost 710 km long coastline, although seaweeds exploration from this area is not completed yet. Kuakata coastline is located in southeastern part of this country with great economic importance; however, there have not been found any previous report on seaweeds. This study identified two intertidal seaweeds from this area and performed analysis in their morphological and chemical aspects. The seaweed <i>Enteromorpha compressa</i> has morphologically larger, and multicellular unbranched thallus of 4 cm long. It has comparatively lower amounts of total chlorophyll (1.80 mg/g), and higher level of carbohydrates (25.56 %) and moisture contents (9.46 %). Another one, <i>Ulothrix flacca</i> is unbranched filamentous algae with highest amounts of total chlorophyll (2.189mg/g), proteins (11.76 %) and lipids (5.52 %). This is the first report on seaweeds of Kuakata coastline, and first repot on <i>Ulothrix flacca</i> from Bangladesh. The results will be helpful in food science, ecology and evolutionary biology of seaweeds.
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