Abstract
The seasonal growth, seedling raising and artificial cultivation of Sargassum confusum were studied along the coast of Dong Chudao at the mouth of Sanggou Bay (37°02′12″N, 122°33′51″E). We also compared the growth of juveniles at different temperatures (15, 18, 21, and 24 °C) and irradiances (60, 95, and 130 μmol photons m−2 s−1) when seedlings were raised in a greenhouse. Sargassum confusum in Sanggou Bay began to develop receptacles in early April when the seawater temperature reached 10.8 °C. The receptacles matured in July and released the eggs when the seawater temperature reached 21 °C. The S. confusum thallus grew to maximum mean length (126.6 ± 19.8 cm) and reached the highest mean biomass yield (192.2 ± 40 g dwt thallus−1) in July and then rapidly decayed. Both temperature and irradiance significantly affected the growth of S. confusum seedlings (p < 0.05). The seedlings reached 1005 ± 47.6 μm at 21 °C and under 95 μmol photons m−2 s−1 in 2 weeks. The seedlings grew to approximately 0.5 cm in length in the seedling raising pools in approximately 5 weeks and reached 6 cm in the open sea nursery after an additional 4 months. The seedlings were then separated and inserted between the strands of vinylon ropes and cultivated in the open sea until early July when the seawater temperature reached approximately 21 °C and the maximum thalli length reached 116.4 cm on average. The dry weight of S. confusum harvested from a 4-m cultivation rope was 1.48 kg on average, and the dry weight yield was approximately 8.9 t ha−1.
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