Asian Pacific Phycology in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges: Proceeding of The Second Asian Pacific Phycological Forum, held in Hong Kong, China, 21–25 June 1999

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The culture of marine ecology....Pages 1-10
The past, present and future of phycology in China....Pages 11-20
Molecular biotechnology of marine algae in China....Pages 21-26
Microalgal studies for the 21st Century....Pages 27-32
Principles for attaining maximal microalgal productivity in photobioreactors: an overview....Pages 33-37
Mass production of Spirulina , an edible microalga....Pages 39-44
Current microalgal health food R & D activities in China....Pages 45-48
Spatial pattern of intertidal macroalgal assemblages associated with tidal levels....Pages 49-56
A short-term response of macroalgae to potential competitor removal in a mid-intertidal habitat in Korea....Pages 57-62
Seasonal occurrence and reproduction of Hypnea charoides (Rhodophyta) in Tung Ping Chau, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China....Pages 63-78
Biomass production of two Sargassum species at Cape Rachado, Malaysia....Pages 79-88
Cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms: a high quality food resource for intertidal grazers....Pages 89-95
Early stages of biofilm succession in a lentic freshwater environment....Pages 97-108
Laboratory studies on adhesion of microalgae to hard substrates....Pages 109-116
Growth and production of Thai agarophyte cultured in natural pond using the effluent seawater from shrimp culture....Pages 117-126
Seedling production using enzymatically isolated thallus cells and its application in Porphyra cultivation....Pages 127-131
High monospore-producing mutants obtained by treatment with MNNG in Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)....Pages 133-140
An improved chromosome preparation from male gametophyte of Laminaria japonica (Heterokontophyta)....Pages 141-144
Solving the coastal eutrophication problem by large scale seaweed cultivation....Pages 145-151
Mass culture of Undaria gametophyte clones and their use in sporeling culture....Pages 153-156
Karyology and sex determination in Aglaothamnion oosumiense Itono (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)....Pages 157-164
Cytological damage to the red alga Griffithsia pacifica from ultraviolet radiation....Pages 165-170
The first spindle formation in brown algal zygotes....Pages 171-176
The generic delimitation of Rhodella (Porphyridiales, Rhodophyta) with emphasis on ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny....Pages 177-183
Four new species of the Genera Eudesme and Sphaerotrichia (Chordariaceae, Heterokontophyta) from the Chinese Coast....Pages 185-192
Studies on four new species of the malacocarpic Sargassum (Sargassaceae, Heterokontophyta) in China....Pages 193-199
Studies on Chinese species of Gelidiella and Pterocladiella (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta)....Pages 201-207
Some observations on harmful algal bloom (HAB) events along the coast of Guangdong, southern China in 1998....Pages 209-214
The effects of nutrients and their ratios on phytoplankton abundance in Junk Bay, Hong Kong....Pages 215-229
Harmful algal bloom causative collected from Hong Kong waters....Pages 231-238
Crossing test among floating Ulva thalli forming ‘green tide’ in Japan....Pages 239-245
Taxonomic and ecological profile of ‘green tide’ species of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in central Philippines....Pages 247-253
Inorganic ion compositions in brown algae, with special reference to sulfuric acid ion accumulations....Pages 255-262
Preliminary studies on the chemical characterization and antihyperlipidemic activity of Polysaccharide from the brown alga Sargassumfusiforme ....Pages 263-266
Hepatoprotective effect of seaweeds’ methanol extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced poisoning in rats....Pages 267-270
Nutritional evaluation of protein concentrates isolated from two red seaweeds: Hypnea charoides and Hypnea japonica in growing rats....Pages 271-278