Green / 4.65 (4.75) / 114 (26 spp.) / 4.49 (4.68) / 110 (26 spp.)
Temperate
Culture
Ulva lactuca / 4.64 / 7 / 4.64 / 7
Wild
Capsosiphon fulvescens* / 6.20 / 6 / 5.67 / 5
Codium fragile / 3.10 / 1 / 3.10 / 1
Ulva capensis / 5.29 / 1 / 5.29 / 1
Ulva lactuca / 5.36 / 3 / 5.36 / 3
Ulva prolifera* / 7.17 / 2 / 6.72 / 1
Ulva rigida / 4.68 / 2 / 4.68 / 2
Tropical
Culture
Chaetomorpha linum / 3.27 / 1 / 3.27 / 1
Cladophora coelothrix / 3.43 / 1 / 3.43 / 1
Derbesia tenuissima / 4.80 / 1 / 4.80 / 1
Ulva clathrata / 4.20 / 2 / 4.20 / 2
Ulva ohnoi / 5.13 / 61 / 5.13 / 61
Wild
Caulerpa fastigiata / 3.83 / 2 / 3.83 / 2
Caulerpa lentillifera / 4.44 / 2 / 4.44 / 2
Caulerpa racemosa* / 6.11 / 2 / 4.83 / 1
Caulerpa sertularioides / 6.24 / 1 / 6.24 / 1
Chaetomorpha aerea / 4.69 / 1 / 4.69 / 1
Cladophora vagabunda / 3.60 / 1 / 3.60 / 1
Codium decorticatum / 5.24 / 2 / 5.24 / 2
Codium hawaiiense / 3.38 / 1 / 3.38 / 1
Codium reediae / 3.09 / 1 / 3.09 / 1
Codium spongiosum / 5.48 / 1 / 5.48 / 1
Codium taylorii / 5.00 / 1 / 5.00 / 1
Rhizoclonium implexum / 2.12 / 1 / 2.12 / 1
Ulva fasciata / 5.26 / 5 / 5.26 / 5
Ulva flexuosa* / 5.75 / 2 / 4.02 / 1
Ulva lactuca / 5.58 / 1 / 5.58 / 1
Ulva sp. / 4.43 / 2 / 4.43 / 2
Brown / 5.08 (5.34) / 100 (40 spp.) / 4.56 (4.81) / 92 (35 spp.)
Polar
Wild
Ascoseira mirabilis* / 2.65 / 16 / 2.74 / 15
Desmarestia menziesii / 3.34 / 6 / 3.34 / 6
Temperate
Wild
Ascophyllum nodosum / 4.70 / 3 / 4.70 / 3
Colpomenia sinuosa / 2.43 / 1 / 2.43 / 1
Dictyota dichotoma / 3.27 / 1 / 3.27 / 1
Eisenia arborea / 3.90 / 10 / 3.90 / 10
Fucus spiralis** / 9.49 / 1
Fucus vesiculosus** / 7.41 / 1
Himanthalia elongata / 5.87 / 1 / 5.87 / 1
Hizikia fusiforme / 5.68 / 1 / 5.68 / 1
Macrocystis integrifolia / 5.73 / 4 / 5.73 / 4
Macrocystis pyrifera / 4.06 / 3 / 4.06 / 3
Nereocystis luetkeana* / 5.53 / 11 / 4.95 / 9
Padina pavonica / 6.56 / 1 / 6.56 / 1
Saccharina/Laminaria digitata / 3.44 / 1 / 3.44 / 1
Saccharina/Laminaria japonica / 5.66 / 1 / 5.66 / 1
Saccharina/Laminaria sp. / 5.41 / 1 / 5.41 / 1
Saccharina/Laminaria latissima / 3.88 / 1 / 3.88 / 1
Undaria pinnatifida / 5.60 / 3 / 5.60 / 3
Tropical
Wild
Chnoospora minima / 5.43 / 2 / 5.43 / 2
Cystoseira trinodis / 5.28 / 1 / 5.28 / 1
Dictyota acutiloba / 3.77 / 1 / 3.77 / 1
Dictyota menstrualis / 3.86 / 2 / 3.86 / 2
Padina australis / 5.88 / 1 / 5.88 / 1
Padina gymnospora / 5.68 / 3 / 5.68 / 3
Sargassum dentifebium** / 10.28 / 1
Sargassum echinocarpum / 3.95 / 1 / 3.95 / 1
Sargassum filipendula / 4.93 / 1 / 4.93 / 1
Sargassum flavicans** / 7.20 / 1
Sargassum fluiians / 6.22 / 1 / 6.22 / 1
Sargassum hemiphyllum / 4.76 / 5 / 4.76 / 5
Sargassum henslowianum / 5.71 / 2 / 5.71 / 2
Sargassum mangarevense / 2.15 / 1 / 2.15 / 1
Sargassum mcclurei / 4.45 / 1 / 4.45 / 1
Sargassum naozhouense / 4.81 / 1 / 4.81 / 1
Sargassum patens / 5.41 / 2 / 5.41 / 2
Sargassum polycystum** / 8.84 / 1
Sargassum vulgare / 5.75 / 3 / 5.75 / 3
Turbinaria ornate / 2.31 / 1 / 2.31 / 1
Turbinaria ornate/
Sargassum mangarevense / 1.83 / 1 / 1.83 / 1
Red / 5.23 (5.35) / 75 (44 spp.) / 5.10 (5.31) / 58 (42 spp.)
Temperate
Wild
Gracilaria chilensis / 3.73 / 1 / 3.73 / 1
Gracilaria lemaneiformis / 5.65 / 1 / 5.65 / 1
Gracilaria salicornia / 5.56 / 1 / 5.56 / 1
Gracilaria tikvahiae* / 5.28 / 5 / 4.72 / 4
Osmundea pinnatifida / 5.34 / 1 / 5.34 / 1
Porphyra sp.* / 1.84 / 18 / 3.66 / 4
Porphyra purpurea / 5.27 / 1 / 5.27 / 1
Porphyra umbilicalis / 5.78 / 1 / 5.78 / 1
Porphyra yezoensis / 5.41 / 1 / 5.41 / 1
Tropical
Wild
Acanthococcus spicifera / 5.46 / 2 / 5.46 / 2
Aglaothamnion uruguayense / 3.58 / 2 / 3.58 / 2
Ahnfeltiopsis concinna / 3.16 / 1 / 3.16 / 1
Amansia muliipda / 6.07 / 1 / 6.07 / 1
Asparagopsis taxiformis / 5.36 / 2 / 5.36 / 2
Bryothamnion seaforthii / 5.94 / 1 / 5.94 / 1
Bryothamnion triquetrum / 5.93 / 1 / 5.93 / 1
Centroceras clavulatum / 4.97 / 1 / 4.97 / 1
Corallina officinalis / 6.22 / 1 / 6.22 / 1
Cryptonemia seminervis / 3.75 / 1 / 3.75 / 1
Digenea simplex / 6.10 / 1 / 6.10 / 1
Enantiocladia duperreyi / 6.12 / 1 / 6.12 / 1
Eucheuma cottonii / 3.38 / 1 / 3.38 / 1
Gelidiella acerosa / 6.89 / 1 / 6.89 / 1
Gracilaria bailinae / 5.99 / 1 / 5.99 / 1
Gracilaria domingensis / 5.39 / 1 / 5.39 / 1
Gracilaria lemaneiformis / 6.09 / 1 / 6.09 / 1
Gracilaria salicornia / 4.53 / 1 / 4.53 / 1
Gracilariopsis tenuifrons / 5.14 / 1 / 5.14 / 1
Hypnea charoides / 5.50 / 1 / 5.50 / 1
Hypnea japonica / 5.69 / 1 / 5.69 / 1
Hypnea musciformis / 4.52 / 2 / 4.52 / 2
Hypnea pannosa** / 9.03 / 1
Hypnea valentiae / 6.38 / 1 / 6.38 / 1
Jania crassa** / 8.22 / 1
Kappaphycus alvarezii / 4.25 / 1 / 4.25 / 1
Laurencia flagellifera / 5.11 / 1 / 5.11 / 1
Laurencia majuscula / 5.05 / 1 / 5.05 / 1
Laurencia obtusa / 6.29 / 1 / 6.29 / 1
Ochtodes secundiramea / 3.67 / 1 / 3.67 / 1
Plocamium brasiliense / 3.92 / 2 / 3.92 / 2
Porphyra acanthophora / 3.75 / 2 / 3.75 / 2
Porphyra crispata / 4.76 / 1 / 4.76 / 1
Pterocladiella capillacea / 3.64 / 3 / 3.64 / 3
Solieria flliformis / 6.19 / 1 / 6.19 / 1
Spyridia hypnoides / 5.20 / 1 / 5.20 / 1
Vidalia obiusiloba / 6.08 / 1 / 6.08 / 1
Grand Total / 5.04 (5.22) / 289 (110 spp.) / 4.76 (4.97) / 260 (103 spp.)
*Species whose means were adjusted after removing data outside of 5th/95th percentile range
**Species which were completely removed after removing data outside of 5th/95th percentile range