Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Diversity of the seaweed flora of the Philippines and its utilization
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   Chapter 2 Red algal polysaccharide industry: economics and research status at the turn of the century
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   Chapter 3 A conceptual framework for marine agronomy
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   Chapter 4 Observations on the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Solieriaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) inferred from rbc L sequences and morphological evidence
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   Chapter 5 Development of the extant diversity in Halimeda is linked to vicariant events
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   Chapter 6 Phylogeny of Alariaceae (Phaeophyta) with special reference to Undaria based on sequences of the RuBisCo spacer region
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   Chapter 7 A new agarophyte, Curdiea balthazar sp. nov. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta), from the Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand
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   Chapter 8 Marine benthic algae of North East Herald Cay, Coral Sea, South Pacific
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    Chapter 9 Changes of the benthic algal flora of the Tremiti Islands (southern Adriatic) Italy
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    Chapter 10 Cell-cell recognition during fertilization in the red alga, Aglaothamnion oosumiense (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)
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    Chapter 11 Morphology and reproduction of the adventive Mediterranean rhodophyte Polysiphonia setacea
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    Chapter 12 Long-term and diurnal carpospore discharge patterns in the Ceramiaceae Rhodomelaceae and Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta)
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    Chapter 13 Porphyra sp. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta): reproduction and life form
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    Chapter 14 Life history, in culture, of the obligate epiphyte Porphyra moriensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)
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    Chapter 15 Culture studies of Porphyra dentata and P. pseudolinearis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta), two dioecious species from Korea
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    Chapter 16 Biological basis for the management of Gigartina skottsbergii (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) in southern Chile
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    Chapter 17 Reproductive biology of Gigartina skottsbergii (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Chile
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    Chapter 18 Population structure and reproduction of the carrageenophyte Chondracanthus pectinatus in the Gulf of California
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    Chapter 19 Seasonal variations of growth and agar composition of Gracilaria multipartita harvested along the Atlantic coast of Morocco
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    Chapter 20 Biomass and agar assessment of three species of Gracilaria from Negros Island, central Philippines
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    Chapter 21 The effects of a simulated harvest on Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa
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    Chapter 22 Effects of seasonal growth rate on morphological variation of Undaria pinnatifida (Alariaceae, Phaeophyceae)
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    Chapter 23 Phenology of Sargassum spp. (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) from Reunion Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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    Chapter 24 Population and alginate yield and quality assessment of four Sargassum species in Negros Island, central Philippines
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    Chapter 25 The ecological effects of mining discharges on subtidal habitats dominated by macroalgae in northern Chile: population and community level studies
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    Chapter 26 Obtaining absorption spectra from individual macroalgal spores using microphotometry
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    Chapter 27 Evaluating substances that facilitate algal spore adhesion
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    Chapter 28 Preliminary observations on the development of kelp gametophytes endophytic in red algae
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    Chapter 29 Using in situ substratum sterilization and fluorescence microscopy in studies of microscopic stages of marine macroalgae
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    Chapter 30 The sea star Asterina pectinifera causes deep-layer sloughing in Lithophyllum yessoense (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)
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    Chapter 31 Spatial variability in secondary metabolite production by the tropical red alga Portieria hornemannii
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    Chapter 32 Influence of Ecklonia radiata kelp canopy on structure of macro-algal assemblages in Marmion Lagoon, Western Australia
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    Chapter 33 Factors affecting sporulation of Gracilaria cornea (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) carposporophytes from Yucatan, Mexico
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    Chapter 34 Porphyra cultivation in Alaska: conchocelis growth of three indigenous species
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    Chapter 35 Studies on the growth, in culture, of two forms of Porphyra lacerata from Japan
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    Chapter 36 Effect of tissue nitrogen and phosphorus quota on growth of Porphyra yezoensis blades in suspension cultures
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    Chapter 37 Effects of nitrogen source, N:P ratio and N-pulse concentration and frequency on the growth of Gracilaria cornea (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in culture
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    Chapter 38 Photosynthetic and respiratory responses of the agarophyte Gelidiella acerosa collected from tidepool, intertidal and subtidal habitats
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    Chapter 39 The effect of light on growth and agar content of Gelidium pulchellum (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta) in culture
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    Chapter 40 Effects of environmental factors and plant growth regulators on growth of the red alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla from Shikoku Island, Japan
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    Chapter 41 Carbon acquisition strategies of the red alga Eucheuma denticulatum
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    Chapter 42 Relationship of CO 2 concentrations to photosynthesis of intertidal macroalgae during emersion
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    Chapter 43 A theoretical analysis and field evaluation of a light and temperature model of production by Ecklonia cava
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    Chapter 44 Effects of copper pollution on the ultrastructure of Lessonia spp.
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    Chapter 45 Further evaluation of the structure of the polysaccharide from Plocamium costatum with the use of set theory
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    Chapter 46 Biology and agar composition of Gelidium sesquipedale harvested along the Atlantic coast of Morocco
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    Chapter 47 A comparative analysis of agarans from commercial species of Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) grown in vitro
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    Chapter 48 Pyruvated carrageenans from Solieria robusta and its adelphoparasite Tikvahiella candida
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    Chapter 49 Monthly changes in the content of fucans, their constituent sugars and sulphate in cultured Laminaria japonica
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    Chapter 50 Open-water aquaculture of the red alga Chondrus crispus in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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    Chapter 51 Recent advances in the understanding of the biological basis for Gigartina skottsbergii (Rhodophyta) cultivation in Chile
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    Chapter 52 Economic feasibility of Sarcothalia (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) cultivation
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    Chapter 53 Comparison of the performance of the agarophyte, Gracilariopsis bailinae , and the milkfish, Chanos chanos , in mono- and biculture
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    Chapter 54 Upwelling and fish-factory waste as nitrogen sources for suspended cultivation of Gracilaria gracilis in Saldanha Bay, South Africa
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    Chapter 55 Outplanting of laboratory-generated carposporelings of Gracilariopsis bailinae off northern Philippines
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    Chapter 56 Review of genetic engineering of Laminaria japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) in China
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    Chapter 57 A new method of Laminaria japonica strain selection and sporeling raising by the use of gametophyte clones
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    Chapter 58 Development of commercial Kappaphycus production in the Line Islands, Central Pacific
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    Chapter 59 The status of commercial algal utilization in New Zealand
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    Chapter 60 The optimal utilization of kelp resources in the southern Cape area of South Africa
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    Chapter 61 Gelidium robustum agar: quality characteristics from exploited beds and seasonality from an unexploited bed at Southern Baja California, México
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    Chapter 62 Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis beds along the west coast of the Gulf of California, Mexico
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    Chapter 63 Chemical composition and 13 C NMR spectroscopic characterisation of ulvans from Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta)
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    Chapter 64 Direct determination of alginate content in brown algae by near infra-red (NIR) spectroscopy
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    Chapter 65 Oleic acid is the main fatty acid related with carotenogenesis in Dunaliella salina
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    Chapter 66 Alginate stability during high salt preservation of Ascophyllum nodosum
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    Chapter 67 Chemical characteristics and gelling properties of agar from two Philippine Gracilaria spp. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)
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    Chapter 68 Polysaccharides from the red seaweed Bostrychia montagnei: chemical characterization
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    Chapter 69 Chemical structure and gel properties of carrageenans from algae belonging to the Gigartinaceae and Tichocarpaceae, collected from the Russian Pacific coast
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    Chapter 70 Isolation and characterisation of a fourth hemagglutinin from the red alga, Gracilaria verrucosa , from Japan
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    Chapter 71 Copper, copper mine tailings and their effect on marine algae in Northern Chile
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    Chapter 72 Factors influencing seaweed responses to eutrophication: some results from EU-project EUMAC
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    Chapter 73 Modelling complexation and electrostatic attraction in heavy metal biosorption by Sargassum biomass
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    Chapter 74 Ecological engineering in aquaculture: use of seaweeds for removing nutrients from intensive mariculture
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    Chapter 75 Occurrence of closely spaced genes in the nuclear genome of the agarophyte Gracilaria gracilis
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    Chapter 76 ’seed’ production of Porphyra spp. by tissue culture
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    Chapter 77 Strain selection in Kappaphycus alvarezii var. alvarezii (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) using tetraspore progeny
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    Chapter 78 Efficient utilisation of high photon irradiance for mass production of photoautotrophic micro-organisms
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    Chapter 79 Time-dependent attachment mechanism of bacterial pathogen during ice-ice infection in Kappaphycus alvarezii (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)