Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Study of mineral and nutritional composition of some seaweeds found along the coast of Gulf of Mannar, India Subject The topic of the resource Food industry; Gulf of Mannar; Seaweeds; Trace minerals Description An account of the resource The presence of Algae on the Earth is ubiquitous. The industry that widely uses algae is food industry, where the algae are used as a food supplement and also as an addition to the nutrient rich food. This study emphasizes on the mineral and nutritional composition of the selected fourteen algal species which are abundantly found along the coast of the Gulf of Mannar. The selected species of algae belong to different algal families such as Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta. The amount of minerals such as Ca, Zn, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, and Cu were estimated by employing the method of acid digestion followed by atomic absorption spectroscopy. We estimated the nutritional content based on the assessment of total protein, carbohydrate, phenol, ash and moisture contents of the algal species. The results based on the analysis of the mineral content in the algal seaweeds depicted that the seaweeds comprised of high amount of the macro minerals and trace minerals. Estimation of nutritional composition revealed that these algal species are rich in protein and carbohydrate. The ash contents were found to be very high in Jania rubens (86.66%), Padina boergesenii (85%) and Valoniopsis pachynema (84%). Based on the present study we infer that the algal seaweeds contained high amount of the nutritional compounds, which might pave the way for a higher standard of nutritional supply to the humans in the future. Jose &amp; Xavier (2020). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jose J.; Xavier J. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Plant Science Today, Vol-7, No. 4, pp. 631-637. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Horizon e-Publishing Group Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.14719/PST.2020.7.4.912" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.14719/PST.2020.7.4.912</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097262402&amp;doi=10.14719%2FPST.2020.7.4.912&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=34cb4b899e52a038792709ab5cfbc7e0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097262402&amp;doi=10.14719%2fPST.2020.7.4.912&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=34cb4b899e52a038792709ab5cfbc7e0</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 23481900 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Jose J., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 029, India; Xavier J., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 029, India