The ethnobotany of edible seaweed ( Porphyra abbottae and related species; Rhodophyta: Bangiales) and its use by First Nations on the Pacific Coast of Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Turner, Nancy J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2003
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Torta; First Nations; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b03-029; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b03-029

Porphyra abbottae Krishnamurthy is a nutritionally and culturally important species of red alga used by First Peoples of coastal British Columbia and neighbouring areas. This species, along with Porphyra torta and possibly others, is still harvested from wild populations in large quantities, dried a...