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Melinda Ostraff

Biographic Data

ID941789
NAMEMelinda Ostraff
GIVEN NAMESMelinda
FAMILY NAMEOstraff
SIGNATUREOSTRAFF M
AFFILIATIONSBrigham Young University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX1
  • Limu: Edible Seaweed in Tonga, an Ethnobotanical Study

    Open Access•Melinda Ostraff•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnobiology•2006

    Seaweeds ( limu) have a long tradition of human use in Tonga. Low-income families who reside near tidal areas rely almost exclusively on ocean resources for their family's nutritional needs and eat limu as part of their regular diet. However, most Tongans consume limu as a novelty item in their diet, with the exception of times of stress that follow major hurricanes and droughts. Nine taxa of seaweed are eaten in Tonga; however, Caulerpa racemosa…

  • Limu: Edible Seaweed in Tonga, an Ethnobotanical Study

    Open Access•Melinda Ostraff•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnobiology•2006•Cited by: 5•References: 9

    Seaweeds ( limu) have a long tradition of human use in Tonga. Low-income families who reside near tidal areas rely almost exclusively on ocean resources for their family's nutritional needs and eat limu as part of their regular diet. However, most Tongans consume limu as a novelty item in their diet, with the exception of times of stress that follow major hurricanes and droughts. Nine taxa of seaweed are eaten in Tonga; however, Caulerpa racemosa…

  • Limu: Edible Seaweed in Tonga, an Ethnobotanical Study

    Open Access•Melinda Ostraff•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnobiology•2006•Cited by: 5•References: 9

    Seaweeds ( limu) have a long tradition of human use in Tonga. Low-income families who reside near tidal areas rely almost exclusively on ocean resources for their family's nutritional needs and eat limu as part of their regular diet. However, most Tongans consume limu as a novelty item in their diet, with the exception of times of stress that follow major hurricanes and droughts. Nine taxa of seaweed are eaten in Tonga; however, Caulerpa racemosa…

  • Limu: Edible Seaweed in Tonga, an Ethnobotanical Study

    Open Access•Melinda Ostraff•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnobiology•2006

    Seaweeds ( limu) have a long tradition of human use in Tonga. Low-income families who reside near tidal areas rely almost exclusively on ocean resources for their family's nutritional needs and eat limu as part of their regular diet. However, most Tongans consume limu as a novelty item in their diet, with the exception of times of stress that follow major hurricanes and droughts. Nine taxa of seaweed are eaten in Tonga; however, Caulerpa racemosa…

  • Limu: Edible Seaweed in Tonga, an Ethnobotanical Study

    Open Access•Melinda Ostraff•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnobiology•2006•Cited by: 5•References: 9

    Seaweeds ( limu) have a long tradition of human use in Tonga. Low-income families who reside near tidal areas rely almost exclusively on ocean resources for their family's nutritional needs and eat limu as part of their regular diet. However, most Tongans consume limu as a novelty item in their diet, with the exception of times of stress that follow major hurricanes and droughts. Nine taxa of seaweed are eaten in Tonga; however, Caulerpa racemosa…

Biology (2 works) · Environmental protection (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (2 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (2 works) · Sustainability (2 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Ecology (1 works)

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