Nicholas A. Paul

TL;DR: This article systematically analysed the literature to assess the approaches and methods of protein determination and to provide an evidence-based conversion factor for nitrogen to protein that is specific to seaweeds.

TL;DR: Results indicate that halogenated metabolites of Asparagopsis armata may be important in reducing epiphytic bacterial densities, in a novel ecological test of algal natural products.

TL;DR: Six species of marine and freshwater green macroalgae were cultivated in outdoor tanks and subsequently converted to biocrude through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) in a batch reactor and identified as suitable feedstocks for scale-up and further HTL studies based on biocrudes productivity, as a function of biomass productivity and the yield of biomass conversion toBiocrude.

TL;DR: The results support macroalgae (seaweeds) as a biomass source for oil‐based bioproducts including biodiesel and quantified within species variation of fatty acids across locations and sampling periods supporting either environmental effects on quantitative fatty acids profiles, or genotypes with specific quantitative fatty acid profiles, thereby opening the possibility to optimize the fatty acid content and quality for oil production through specific culture conditions and selective breeding.

TL;DR: The lack of relationship between the primary biochemistry of species and gas parameters suggests that significant decreases in TGP and CH4 production are associated with secondary metabolites produced by effective macroalgae, and Asparagopsis offers the most promising alternative for mitigation of enteric CH4 emissions.