Seasonal Variation in Biomass Availability and Biochemical Composition of Gayralia Brasiliensis (ulotrichales, Chlorophyta) from Shirgaon Estuary West Coast of India

The present study investigated the impact of seasonal variation on biomass availability, proximate composition, fatty acid profile, minerals content, pigments, moisture content, and elemental composition of an edible green alga Gayralia brasiliensis collected from Shirgaon estuary Maharashtra, west coast of India. Additionally, the physico-chemical parameters of the Shirgaon estuary were analyzed and correlated with biomass abundance and biochemical composition of G. brasiliensis. The findings of the present study demonstrated a significant variation in the physico-chemical parameters of seawater throughout the seasons. During the summer season, the biomass abundance (258.23 ± 23.06 g m-2 FW), and the total protein content (11.12 ±1.37