An introduction to the database of the culture collection of marine microalgae sited at the Oceanography Department of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Cádiz (Spain)

The purpose of this paper is to assert the existence of a database relating the culture collection of marine microalgae sited at the Marine Sciences Institute from Andalusia (Spanish Council for Scientific Research). This collection reports 79 strains, belonging to 10 algal classes, most of them are marine algae, interesting from the aquaculture point of view. The author contributes with the comparative data gathered on the growth characteristics, biomass and energy content of cultured marine microalgae.Academia Sinica, Taipei; CODATA/ICSU; National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine; Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University; Life Science Research Promotion Program, National Science CouncilPeer reviewe