ABSTRACT

This work was partially supported by the Structured R&D&I Project INNOVMAR – “Innovation and Sustainability in the Management and Exploitation of Marine Resources” (ref. NORTE-01-0145FEDER-000035) within the research line “INSEAFOOD – Innovation and valorization of seafood products: meeting local challenges and opportunities”, founded by the Portuguese Northern Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020) through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); and also by the project GENIALG - GENetic diversity exploitation for Innovative macro-ALGal biorefinery, funded by H2020 (EC Grant agreement no: 727892).