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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.1" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">isrdo-SRJAV</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">isrdo-SRJAV</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">isrdo-SRJAV</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Scientific Research Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher" pub-type="epub">SRJAV</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2584-1416</issn><publisher><publisher-name>ISRDO</publisher-name><publisher-loc>Gujarat,India</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">M-10022</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="categories"><subject>Fisheries</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Critical Analysis of Macroalgae Farming Using the Kappaphycus alvarezii Species and Its Impact on the Environment</article-title></title-group><contrib-group content-type="authors"><contrib id="28" contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><given-names>Alaa Amin</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1">1</xref><aff id="aff-1"><label>0</label><institution>BOGOR AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE, West Java, Indonesia</institution><country>Indonesia</country></aff></contrib></contrib-group><contrib-group content-type="editors"><contrib contrib-type="editor"/></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub" data-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-12-26"><day>26</day><month>12</month><year iso-8601-date="2">2022</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><elocation-id>V1-I1-2023</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-12-12"><day>12</day><month>12</month><year iso-8601-date="2022">2022</year></date><date date-type="revised" iso-8601-date="2022-12-20"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year iso-8601-date="2022"/></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2022-12-20"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year iso-8601-date="2022"/></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#xA9;2022 Krupali Patel Year Corresponding Author</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder>Krupali Patel</copyright-holder><license href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (ISRDO) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link></license-p></license></permissions><self-uri href="https://isrdo.org/journal/SRJAV/currentissue/a-critical-analysis-of-macroalgae-farming-using-the-kappaphycus-alvarezii-species-and-its-impact-on-the-environment"/><abstract><p>One of the forms of seaweed that is grown in greenhouses at an exceptionally high rate is called Kappaphycus alvarezii. This kind of seaweed may be grown with very inexpensive and straightforward equipment, and the subsequent processing of the collected product needs just a moderate level of expertise. Red algae, sometimes referred to as Rhodophyceae, are tiny algae that have the potential to grow to enormous heights. The ingredient particle is responsible for giving algae their recognisable red colour. Other variables, such as the location and the cultivation technique that is used, which in this case may support the growth and production of seaweed, also contribute to the long-term success of the company. Seaweed is an important component of the business. The development of K. alvarezii seaweed is significantly impacted by both fertilisers and the physicochemical features of the coastal waters. These factors include temperature, saltiness, sunshine, and the directions in which the water is flowing (current). In addition to having uses in the food, beauty product, pharmacological, bacteriological, and medical companies, carrageenan is also a component of fertilisers and an additive for containers in the paper, fabric, photographers, shoe polish, lasagna, and oreochromis niloticus and lamb bottling industries. The primary organism responsible for the production of carrageenan is K. alvarezii.</p></abstract><kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><kwd>seaweed</kwd><kwd> aquaculture</kwd><kwd> mariculture</kwd><kwd> cultivators</kwd><kwd> seagrass</kwd><kwd> ecologically</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement>The authors did not receive any specific grants from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><sec sec-type="data-availability"><title>Data Availability</title><p>Not applicable</p></sec><sec sec-type="COI-statement"><title>Conflicts of Interest</title><p>All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.</p></sec><sec sec-type="author-contributions"><title>Authors&#x2019; Contributions</title><p>The author confirms sole responsibility for the following: study conception and design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of results, and manuscript preparation.</p></sec><sec sec-type="funding-statement"><title>Funding Statement</title><p>The authors did not receive any specific grants from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.</p></sec><sec sec-type="software-information"><title>software-information</title><p>Not applicable</p></sec><ack><title>Acknowledgments</title><p>I thank the following individuals for their expertise and assistance in all aspects of our study and for their help in writing the manuscript. 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