variation of mineral contents in the dried sea on

Mineral	Culture period
Mineral	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
Ca	567.11 ± 16.71^e	972.86 ± 23.27^a	858.81 ± 16.54^d	745.45 ± 21.30^d	783.84 ± 17.89^c	741.41 ± 18.08^d
Cu	0.29 ± 0.01^e	0.46 ± 0.01^d	0.34 ± 0.01^c	0.47 ± 0.01^d	0.67 ± 0.01^a	0.31 ± 0.01^d
Fe	8.15 ± 0.18^a	3.70 ± 0.08^d	3.16 ± 0.04^f	6.20 ± 0.14^d	3.39 ± 0.08^e	4.46 ± 0.09^c
K	3325.83 ± 83.43^c	3516.51 ± 111.07^d	4158.54 ± 99.29^a	3554.55 ± 80.98^d	3578.28 ± 95.21^d	3165.47 ± 67.11^d
Mg	630.63 ± 17.51^c	592.81 ± 11.93^d	606.55 ± 17.32^cd	887.89 ± 20.04^a	821.58 ± 17.91^d	794.79 ± 12.45^d
Mn	0.44 ± 0.01^d	0.70 ± 0.02^d	0.69 ± 0.02^d	0.68 ± 0.02 ^d	0.86 ± 0.02^a	0.55 ± 0.01^c
Na	1209.21 ± 32.09^d	1440.73 ± 39.94^a	1361.45 ± 30.09^d	1285.19 ± 26.22^c	1253.65 ± 28.78^cd	1204.93 ± 29.30^d
Zn	1.65 ± 0.04^e	2.34 ± 0.05^c	2.19 ± 0.05^d	2.76 ± 0.07^d	0.37 ± 0.01^f	3.04 ± 0.04^a
Total	5,743.31 ± 120.58^c	6,530.11 ± 156.09^d	6,991.73 ± 211.17^a	6,483.19 ± 154.05^d	6,442.64 ± 151.48^d	5,914.96 ± 126.98^c

^aValues represent means ± standard error (n=3). Mean values in the same row followed by different letters differ significantly (p<0.05).

Table 8: Seasonal variation of mineral contents in the dried sea tangle (S. japonica) cultured at Kijang area^a.

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