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Describe the economic importance of algae with suitable examples. (any five)

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  • Algae is useful in fish culture- Scenedesmus is often exclusively used as a daily dose of fish meal for the culture T. mossambica.
  • Algae is useful in sewage treatment plants- Eugelina provides oxygen for decomposition of waste.
  • The blue-green algae are responsible for the formation of extensive limestone deposits around hot springs and glaciers.
  • Kombu, a Japanese food is prepared from stipes of species of Laminaria.
  • Rhodymenia palmata and Alaria esculenta, are favourable food of goats, cows, and sheep

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