Table 1.
Brief description of the experimental design.
| A | Alaria esculenta | |||||
| Harvest year | 2019 | 2020 | ||||
| Form | Fresh/Frozen | Dried | Rehydrated | Fresh/Frozen | Dried | Rehydrated |
| Storage temperatures (°C) | 5, 15 | 25 | 5, 10 | 0, 5, 10, 15 | 25 | 5, 10 |
| Storage time | 7 days | 6 months | 5 days | 7 days | 6 months | 5 days |
| Microbiological analysis | 7 time points | 2 time points | 6 time points | 9 time points | 2 time points | 6 time points |
| Number of replicates | 4 * | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Nutritional analysis | Day 0 | Day 0 | - | Day 0 | Day 0 | - |
| Number of replicates | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| B | Saccharina latissima | |||||
| Harvest year | 2019 | 2020 | ||||
| Form | Fresh/Frozen | Dried | Rehydrated | Fresh/Frozen | Dried | Rehydrated |
| Storage temperatures (°C) | 5, 15 | 25 | 5, 10 | 0, 5, 10, 15 | 25 | 5, 10 |
| Storage time | 7 days | 6 months | 5 days | 60 (0 °C), 25 (5 °C, 13 days (at 10 and 15 °C) | 6 months | 5 days |
| Microbiological analysis | 7 time points | 2 time points | 6 time points | 8 time points (0, 5 °C), 9 time points (10, 15 °C) | 2 time points | 6 time points |
| Number of replicates | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Nutritional analysis | Day 0 | Day 0 | - | Day 0 | Day 0 | - |
| Number of replicates | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
* samples/time point/temperature.