Table 2.

Metal composition of the liquid fraction determined in the carrageenan-free extracts.

	Treatment Temperature (°C)
Element (mg/L)	110	120	130	140	160
As	0.41 a	0.45 a	0.55 a	0.45 a	0.45 a
Ca	6.85 c	31.1 a	10.1 b	9.89 b	9.68 b
Fe	0.08 a	0.08 a	0.13 a	0.07 a	0.07 a
I	1.09 d	1.57 c	2.43 b	2.64 b	4.02 a
K	42.3 e	95.1 a	56.7 b	50.9 c	45.3 d
Mg	33.0 d	66.7 a	46.1 b	37.8 c	37.9 c
Na	362 d	534 a	505 b	422 c	432 c
P	17.7 d	22.1 a	21.0 b	19.0 c	22.7 a
Zn	0.70 b	0.72 a,b	0.75 a	0.69 b	0.70 b

In all cases, standard deviations were < 3%. Data values in a row with different superscript letters are statically different (p ≤ 0.05).