Fourteenth International Seaweed Symposium: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Seaweed Symposium held in Brest, France, August 16–21, 1992

Front Matter....Pages i-xlviii
Environmental and internal control of seasonal growth in seaweeds....Pages 1-14
Present and future needs for algae and algal products....Pages 15-23
Importance of basic research in applied phycology....Pages 25-29
Intraspecific sterility barrier confirms that introduction of Sphaerotrichia divaricata (Phaeophyceae, Chordariales) into the Mediterranean was from Japan....Pages 31-36
Virus infections in three marine brown algae: Feldmannia irregularis, F. simplex , and Ectocarpus siliculosus ....Pages 37-44
Gelidiaceae (Rhodophyta) in Bahía de Banderas, Western Pacific, México....Pages 45-50
Preliminary comments on a redescription of Pseudolithophyllum fuegianum and Titanoderma conspectum (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina....Pages 51-56
Mass distribution in the fronds of macrocystis pyrifera from New Zealand and California....Pages 57-65
An examination of the population genetics of Laminaria and other brown algae in the laminariales using starch gel electrophoresis....Pages 67-79
Numerical taxonomy of some taxa of the genus Fucus in the Iberian Peninsula....Pages 81-90
Morphological and taxonomic studies on some little-known species of Gracilaria (Gracilariales: Rhodophyta) from Venezuela. 1. G. damaecornis ....Pages 91-96
Vegetative and reproductive morphology of Herpochondria corallinae (Martens) Falkenberg and H. elegans (Okamura) Itono (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Korea....Pages 97-104
New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)....Pages 105-120
Vertical distribution of coralline algae in the rocky intertidal of northern Chile....Pages 121-129
Differences in response between haploid and diploid isomorphic phases of Gracilaria verrucosa (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales) exposed to artificial environmental conditions....Pages 131-137
Differential reattachment capacity of isomorphic life history phases of Gelidium sesquipedale ....Pages 139-144
Morphogenetic effects of daylength in Schottera nicaeensis ....Pages 145-150
The systematics of Porphyra : character evolution in closely related species....Pages 151-157
Assessment of allozyme variation among New Zealand populations of Gracilaria chilensis (Gracialiares, Rhodophyta) using starch-gel electrophoresis....Pages 159-165
Microtubule organization in the apical cell of Sphacelaria (Phaeophyceae) and its related protoplast....Pages 167-172
Allocation of blade surface to reproduction in Laminaria longicruris of Long Island Sound (USA)....Pages 173-181
A methodology for parameter estimation in seaweed productivity modelling....Pages 183-189
Population studies on a South African carrageenophyte: Iridaea capensis (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta)....Pages 191-195
Characterization of tidal pool algae in the Mexican Tropical Pacific coast....Pages 197-205
Size distribution, growth and production of Sargassum thunbergii in an intertidal zone of Padori, west coast of Korea....Pages 207-214
Population studies of Laminaria hyperborea from its northern range of distribution in Norway....Pages 215-221
Life history and reproductive potential of the agarophyte Gelidium robustum in California....Pages 223-229
A comparison between two populations of Lessonia trabeculata (Phaeophyta: Laminariales) microscopic stages....Pages 231-237
Changes and degradation of seaweed stands in the Northern Adriatic....Pages 239-253
Resource biology of Pterocladia capillacea (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) populations in Brazil....Pages 255-261
‘Hard’ data for matrix modelling of Laminaria digitata (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) populations....Pages 263-267
Plucking or cutting Gelidium sesquipedale ? A demographic simulation of harvest impact using a population projection matrix model....Pages 269-276
History of kelp beds ( Macrocystis ) in Orange and San Diego Counties, California....Pages 277-283
The role of herbivores in the collapse of the Gracilaria resource at Saldanha Bay, South Africa....Pages 285-290
Recent changes in the seaweed community of Western Prince Edward Island: implications for the seaweed industry....Pages 291-296
Spatial distribution and quantification of Fucus species and Ascophyllum nodosum beds in intertidal zones using spot imagery....Pages 297-305
Evaluation of remote sensing techniques for monitoring giant kelp populations....Pages 307-312
Limiting factors in optimizing seaweed yield in Chile....Pages 313-320
Changes in the population structure of Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis due to mechanical harvesting....Pages 321-326
Exudates from Gracilaria chilensis stimulate settlement of epiphytic ulvoids....Pages 327-333
Recent status of Gracilaria cultivation in Taiwan....Pages 335-338
Some aspects of the growth of Gracilaria tenuistipitata in pond culture....Pages 339-343
Interaction mechanisms between Gracilaria chilensis (Rhodophyta) and epiphytes....Pages 345-351
Farming Eucheuma in Zanzibar, Tanzania....Pages 353-355
Environmental variation and large-scale Gracilaria production....Pages 357-363
Aspects of the farming and processing of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma in Indonesia....Pages 365-371
A Eucheuma (Solieriaceae, rhodophyta) cultivation test on the south-west coast of Madagascar....Pages 373-378
Clonal propagation of Eucheuma denticulatum and Kappaphycus alvarezii for Philippine seaweed farms....Pages 379-383
Regeneration from callus of Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyta)....Pages 385-389
 Gracilaria conferta and its epiphytes: (2) Interrelationship between the red seaweed and Ulva cf. lactuca ....Pages 391-396
Life cycle of Porphyra vietnamensis Tanaka & Pham-Hoang Ho from Thailand....Pages 397-400
Apical callus formation in Solieria filiformis (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) cultured in tanks....Pages 401-406
Development of callus-like structures and plant regeneration in thallus segments of Grateloupia filiformis Kützing (Rhodophyta)....Pages 407-413
Culture of Hypnea musciformis (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) on artificial substrates attached to linear ropes....Pages 415-420
Protoplasts of Gelidium robustum (Rhodophyta)....Pages 421-427
Regeneration of whole plants from Gracilaria asiatica Chang et Xia protoplasts (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta)....Pages 429-436
Cell-cell-recognition during fertilization in Ectocarpus siliculosus (Phaeophyceae)....Pages 437-443
Physiological comparison between gametophytes and tetrasporophytes of Gelidium canariensis (Gelidiaceae: Rhodophyta)....Pages 445-449
The use of acetic acid as a source of carbon by cultured Chondrus crispus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) Stackhouse....Pages 451-456
The effect of water flow on photosynthetic processes of the alga Ulva lactuca L.....Pages 457-462
A Comparative analysis of wild and laboratory grown Laminaria abyssalis (Phaeophyta) using modulated fluorescence....Pages 463-469
Light quality effects on subsequent dark 14 CO 2 -fixation in Fucus serratus ....Pages 471-475
Response of Audouinella saviana (Meneghini) Woelkerling (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) cultures to monochromatic light....Pages 477-484
The pattern of cell wall adhesive formation by Fucus zygotes ....Pages 485-491
Effect of relative water motion on photosynthetic rate of red alga Gracilaria conferta ....Pages 493-498
Enhanced development and differentiation of protoplasts and spores of green and red seaweeds by a Pterocladia agar from New Zealand....Pages 499-504
A further fractionation of agarose....Pages 505-511
Determination of alginate composition by a simple enzymatic assay....Pages 513-520
Phospholipase A 2 inhibitors from marine algae....Pages 521-529
Influence of mineralisation methods on the determination of the mineral content of the brown seaweed Undaria pinnatifida by atomic absorption spectrophotometry....Pages 531-534
Natural occurrence of denatured phycoerythrin during Porphyra cultivation....Pages 535-539
Seasonal variation in the physical properties of agar and biomass of Gracilaria sp. ( chorda type) from Tosa Bay, southern Japan....Pages 541-547
The use of diterpenoids as chemotaxonomic markers in the genus Cystoseira ....Pages 549-555
Kinetics and specificity of alginate lyases....Pages 557-561
Gel strength of Ca-limited alginate gels made in situ ....Pages 563-569
High performance liquid chromatography of biliprotein from Bangia atropurpurea ‘Conchocelis’....Pages 571-576
Mannuronan C-5 epimerase activity in protoplasts of Laminaria digitata ....Pages 577-581
Using elasticity/temperature relationships to characterise gelling carrageenans....Pages 583-588
Marine algal lectins: new developments....Pages 589-593
Stable isotope labelling method for studies of saccharide metabolism in Agardhiella subulata ....Pages 595-600
Carrageenan yield and properties of Eucheuma uncinatum (Seth. & Gard.) Daw. cultured under natural conditions....Pages 601-605
Annual variations of the biochemical composition of Gelidium latifolium (Greville) Thuret et Bornet....Pages 607-612
The yield, physical and chemical properties of agar gel from Gracilaria species (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) of the Kenya Coast....Pages 613-620
Incorporation of 14 C-radioactivity into lipid classes at different maturity of Laminaria japonica Aresch. cultured under natural and partially controlled conditions....Pages 621-625
Seasonal changes in the chemical and gelling characteristics of agar from Gracilaria verrucosa collected in Turkey....Pages 627-631
Effect of dark treatment on the starch degradation and the agar quality of cultivated Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta, Gracilariales) from Venezuela....Pages 633-640
A new chemical tool for characterization and partial depolymerization of red algal galactans....Pages 641-645
The chemical structure of the polysaccharide from Dasyclonium incisum ....Pages 647-651
Biologically active oxylipins from seaweeds....Pages 653-665
Molecular cut-off values of dialysis membranes for alginate and kappa-carrageenan oligosaccharides....Pages 667-672
Purification and properties of tauropine dehydrogenase from a red alga, Rhodoglossum japonicum ....Pages 673-678
Quantification and characterization of nuclear genomes in commercial red seaweeds: Gracilariales and Gelidiales....Pages 679-688
Revision of the kelp family Alariaceae and the taxonomic affinities of Lessoniopsis Reinke (Laminariales, Phaeophyta)....Pages 689-697
Phylogeny of the Northeast Pacific brown algal (Phaeophycean) orders as inferred from 18S rRNA gene sequences....Pages 699-704
Back Matter....Pages 705-726