Tan, Ji
Poong, Sze-Wan
Brakel, Janina
Prasedya, Eka Sunarwidhi
Msuya, Flower E.
Gachon, Claire
Roleda, Michael Y.
Dumilag, Richard V.
Joanne, Paul
Pascal, Fred
Brodie, Juliet
Buriyo, Amelia S.
Rusekwa, Sadock
Mustapha, Shuhadah
Lim, Phaik-Eem
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development
Nagao Natural Environment Foundation
Safe Seaweed Coalition SSC 2021 – Project Gateway (LS248520; IF054-2022)
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HiCOE) Programme (HICoE IOES-2023F)
UK Research and Innovation – Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Grant 2017 (BB/PO27806/1; IF015-2019)
GlobalSeaweedSTAR research grant (GSS/RF/002; IF059-2019)
Universiti Malaya
Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Revised: 2 January 2026
Accepted: 6 January 2026
First Online: 9 February 2026
Declarations
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: . PE Lim and MY Roleda are editorial board members of Journal of Applied Phycology and co-authors of this article. They were excluded from editorial decision-making related to the acceptance of this article for publication in the journal.