One of the last wild populations critically endangered stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) survives in Danube River. Limited knowledge about genetic structure, ecology, and evolution this species led to poor inconsistent management decisions with an increased risk for extinction wild. Here we show results structure screening River population over 12 years timespan. Our research does not bri...

This work reports the results of the study for cadmium binding by the dead red macroalga Mastocarpus stellatus. Kinetics sorption experiments demonstrated the high rate of metal biosorption: the system attained over 50% of the total biomass cadmium uptake within 2 min of contact and over 90% in the first 9 min. The kinetic data were successfully described by a pseudo-second order model with rat...

Morphological variation was analyzed in wild, managed in situ, and cultivated populations of the columnar cactus Stenocereus stellatus in central Mexico. The purpose was to evaluate whether morphological divergence between manipulated and wild populations has resulted from domestication processes. Variation of 23 morphological characters was analyzed among 324 individuals from 19 populations of...

Native starch from potatoes and hybrid carrageenans the red alga Mastocarpus stellatus have been used as gluten-free gelling matrices to obtain functional hydrogels. The enrichment of with antioxidant compounds natural sources is an increasing market trend. In this context, work aimed at formulation thermo-rheological characterization hydrogels using potato agro-industrial waste kappa–iota extr...

Abstract This study focusses on the valorization of red seaweed Mastocarpus stellatus, collected in Northern coast Portugal, as a natural source high value compounds due to its beneficial properties. An annual monitoring was performed by determining lipids, ash, carbohydrates, phycobiliproteins, total phenolic compounds, antioxidant capacity and carrageenan from three different rocky shores loc...