Sixteenth International Seaweed Symposium: Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Seaweed Symposium held in Cebu City, Philippines, 12–17 April 1998

Front Matter....Pages I-L
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Diversity of the seaweed flora of the Philippines and its utilization....Pages 1-6
Red algal polysaccharide industry: economics and research status at the turn of the century....Pages 7-14
A conceptual framework for marine agronomy....Pages 15-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Observations on the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Solieriaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) inferred from rbc L sequences and morphological evidence....Pages 25-38
Development of the extant diversity in Halimeda is linked to vicariant events....Pages 39-45
Phylogeny of Alariaceae (Phaeophyta) with special reference to Undaria based on sequences of the RuBisCo spacer region....Pages 47-55
A new agarophyte, Curdiea balthazar sp. nov. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta), from the Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand....Pages 57-63
Marine benthic algae of North East Herald Cay, Coral Sea, South Pacific....Pages 65-74
Changes of the benthic algal flora of the Tremiti Islands (southern Adriatic) Italy....Pages 75-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Cell-cell recognition during fertilization in the red alga, Aglaothamnion oosumiense (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)....Pages 81-89
Morphology and reproduction of the adventive Mediterranean rhodophyte Polysiphonia setacea ....Pages 91-100
Long-term and diurnal carpospore discharge patterns in the Ceramiaceae Rhodomelaceae and Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta)....Pages 101-113
 Porphyra sp. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta): reproduction and life form....Pages 115-119
Life history, in culture, of the obligate epiphyte Porphyra moriensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)....Pages 121-125
Culture studies of Porphyra dentata and P. pseudolinearis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta), two dioecious species from Korea....Pages 127-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Biological basis for the management of Gigartina skottsbergii (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) in southern Chile....Pages 137-147
Reproductive biology of Gigartina skottsbergii (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Chile....Pages 149-157
Population structure and reproduction of the carrageenophyte Chondracanthus pectinatus in the Gulf of California....Pages 159-165
Seasonal variations of growth and agar composition of Gracilaria multipartita harvested along the Atlantic coast of Morocco....Pages 167-172
Biomass and agar assessment of three species of Gracilaria from Negros Island, central Philippines....Pages 173-182
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
The effects of a simulated harvest on Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa....Pages 183-189
Effects of seasonal growth rate on morphological variation of Undaria pinnatifida (Alariaceae, Phaeophyceae)....Pages 191-199
Phenology of Sargassum spp. (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) from Reunion Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa....Pages 201-210
Population and alginate yield and quality assessment of four Sargassum species in Negros Island, central Philippines....Pages 211-215
The ecological effects of mining discharges on subtidal habitats dominated by macroalgae in northern Chile: population and community level studies....Pages 217-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Obtaining absorption spectra from individual macroalgal spores using microphotometry....Pages 231-239
Evaluating substances that facilitate algal spore adhesion....Pages 241-246
Preliminary observations on the development of kelp gametophytes endophytic in red algae....Pages 247-252
Using in situ substratum sterilization and fluorescence microscopy in studies of microscopic stages of marine macroalgae....Pages 253-259
The sea star Asterina pectinifera causes deep-layer sloughing in Lithophyllum yessoense (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)....Pages 261-266
Spatial variability in secondary metabolite production by the tropical red alga Portieria hornemannii ....Pages 267-273
Influence of Ecklonia radiata kelp canopy on structure of macro-algal assemblages in Marmion Lagoon, Western Australia....Pages 275-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Factors affecting sporulation of Gracilaria cornea (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) carposporophytes from Yucatan, Mexico....Pages 285-290
 Porphyra cultivation in Alaska: conchocelis growth of three indigenous species....Pages 291-297
Studies on the growth, in culture, of two forms of Porphyra lacerata from Japan....Pages 299-303
Effect of tissue nitrogen and phosphorus quota on growth of Porphyra yezoensis blades in suspension cultures....Pages 305-314
Effects of nitrogen source, N:P ratio and N-pulse concentration and frequency on the growth of Gracilaria cornea (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in culture....Pages 315-320
Photosynthetic and respiratory responses of the agarophyte Gelidiella acerosa collected from tidepool, intertidal and subtidal habitats....Pages 321-328
The effect of light on growth and agar content of Gelidium pulchellum (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta) in culture....Pages 329-338
Effects of environmental factors and plant growth regulators on growth of the red alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla from Shikoku Island, Japan....Pages 339-347
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Carbon acquisition strategies of the red alga Eucheuma denticulatum ....Pages 349-354
Relationship of CO 2 concentrations to photosynthesis of intertidal macroalgae during emersion....Pages 355-359
A theoretical analysis and field evaluation of a light and temperature model of production by Ecklonia cava ....Pages 361-374
Effects of copper pollution on the ultrastructure of Lessonia spp.....Pages 375-383
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
Further evaluation of the structure of the polysaccharide from Plocamium costatum with the use of set theory....Pages 385-389
Biology and agar composition of Gelidium sesquipedale harvested along the Atlantic coast of Morocco....Pages 391-395
A comparative analysis of agarans from commercial species of Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) grown in vitro ....Pages 397-400
Pyruvated carrageenans from Solieria robusta and its adelphoparasite Tikvahiella candida ....Pages 401-409
Monthly changes in the content of fucans, their constituent sugars and sulphate in cultured Laminaria japonica ....Pages 411-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Open-water aquaculture of the red alga Chondrus crispus in Prince Edward Island, Canada....Pages 417-425
Recent advances in the understanding of the biological basis for Gigartina skottsbergii (Rhodophyta) cultivation in Chile....Pages 427-434
Economic feasibility of Sarcothalia (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) cultivation....Pages 435-442
Comparison of the performance of the agarophyte, Gracilariopsis bailinae , and the milkfish, Chanos chanos , in mono- and biculture....Pages 443-453
Upwelling and fish-factory waste as nitrogen sources for suspended cultivation of Gracilaria gracilis in Saldanha Bay, South Africa....Pages 455-462
Outplanting of laboratory-generated carposporelings of Gracilariopsis bailinae off northern Philippines....Pages 463-468
Review of genetic engineering of Laminaria japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) in China....Pages 469-472
A new method of Laminaria japonica strain selection and sporeling raising by the use of gametophyte clones....Pages 473-476
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
Development of commercial Kappaphycus production in the Line Islands, Central Pacific....Pages 477-486
The status of commercial algal utilization in New Zealand....Pages 487-494
The optimal utilization of kelp resources in the southern Cape area of South Africa....Pages 495-499
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
 Gelidium robustum agar: quality characteristics from exploited beds and seasonality from an unexploited bed at Southern Baja California, México....Pages 501-507
 Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis beds along the west coast of the Gulf of California, Mexico....Pages 509-514
Front Matter....Pages 515-515
Chemical composition and 13 C NMR spectroscopic characterisation of ulvans from Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta)....Pages 515-521
Direct determination of alginate content in brown algae by near infra-red (NIR) spectroscopy....Pages 523-527
Oleic acid is the main fatty acid related with carotenogenesis in Dunaliella salina ....Pages 529-533
Alginate stability during high salt preservation of Ascophyllum nodosum ....Pages 535-539
Chemical characteristics and gelling properties of agar from two Philippine Gracilaria spp. (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)....Pages 541-548
Polysaccharides from the red seaweed Bostrychia montagnei: chemical characterization....Pages 549-554
Chemical structure and gel properties of carrageenans from algae belonging to the Gigartinaceae and Tichocarpaceae, collected from the Russian Pacific coast....Pages 555-562
Isolation and characterisation of a fourth hemagglutinin from the red alga, Gracilaria verrucosa , from Japan....Pages 563-570
Front Matter....Pages 571-571
Copper, copper mine tailings and their effect on marine algae in Northern Chile....Pages 571-581
Factors influencing seaweed responses to eutrophication: some results from EU-project EUMAC....Pages 583-592
Modelling complexation and electrostatic attraction in heavy metal biosorption by Sargassum biomass....Pages 593-601
Ecological engineering in aquaculture: use of seaweeds for removing nutrients from intensive mariculture....Pages 603-611
Front Matter....Pages 613-613
Occurrence of closely spaced genes in the nuclear genome of the agarophyte Gracilaria gracilis ....Pages 613-618
’seed’ production of Porphyra spp. by tissue culture....Pages 619-624
Strain selection in Kappaphycus alvarezii var. alvarezii (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) using tetraspore progeny....Pages 625-635
Efficient utilisation of high photon irradiance for mass production of photoautotrophic micro-organisms....Pages 637-641
Time-dependent attachment mechanism of bacterial pathogen during ice-ice infection in Kappaphycus alvarezii (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)....Pages 643-650
Back Matter....Pages 651-668