At the end of the experiment, all the seaweeds cultured in the
fish farm were harvested. Meanwhile, 50 thalli per species from
the control site were collected randomly, and the length and wet
weight of the seaweeds were estimated as previously described.
The specific growth rate (SGR; % d1) of the seaweeds was calculated
using the following equations:
where SGRL is the specific growth rate of length, SGRw is the specific
growth rate of wet weight, Lt is the final mean length (cm), L0 is the
initial mean length (cm), Wt is the final mean wet weight (g), W0 is
the initial mean wet weight (g), and t is the time elapsed (d).