variation of mineral content

Mineral	Culture period
Mineral	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
Ca	900.91 ± 22.15^a	913.15 ± 17.93^a	913.58 ± 23.49^a	789.90 ± 18.30^b	730.30 ± 13.90^c	771.72 ± 14.14^b
Cu	0.56 ± 0.01^c	0.40 ± 0.01^d	0.94 ± 0.02 ^a	0.90 ± 0.02^b	0.22 ± 0.00^e	0.12 ± 0.00^f
Fe	2.89 ± 0.06^e	2.48 ± 0.06^f	3.55 ± 0.10^d	5.52 ± 0.15^a	4.92 ± 0.05^c	5.24 ± 0.15^b
K	3683.32 ± 84.26^c	4020.03 ± 114.39^a	3847.32 ± 93.92^b	3643.64 ± 47.59^c	3260.86 ± 69.51^d	3182.01 ± 41.93^d
Mg	644.72 ± 17.15^d	723.22 ± 15.96^c	593.00 ± 18.77^e	836.84 ± 25.04^ab	852.96 ± 19.57^a	820.82 ± 17.93^b
Mn	0.77 ± 0.02^a	0.62 ± 0.01^d	0.73 ± 0.02^b	0.47 ± 0.01^e	0.65 ± 0.02^c	0.31 ± 0.00^f
Na	1378.52 ± 32.66^b	1435.11 ± 43.64^b	1613.96 ± 36.48^a	1173.17 ± 25.60^d	1141.14 ± 33.21^d	1286.39 ± 25.75^c
Zn	1.44 ± 0.03^f	2.13 ± 0.06^d	2.35 ± 0.05^c	2.53 ± 0.08^b	3.04 ± 0.06^a	1.69 ± 0.05^e
Total	6613.13 ± 165.73^b	7097.14 ± 138.26^a	6975.43 ± 183.16^a	6452.97 ± 132.95^b	5,994.09 ± 84.62c	6068.3 ± 96.61^c

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

Table 9: Seasonal variation of mineral contents in the dried sea tangle (S. japonica) cultured at Wando area^a.

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