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

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 / edited by Put O. Ang Jr.

Collected in this special volume are 36 invited and contributed papers first presented at the Second Asian Pacific Phycological Forum held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong at the turn of the century. These papers were subsequently updated to bring to fore the latest development in algal resear...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ang Jr., Put O. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:Developments in Hydrobiology ; 173
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Plant science.
Botany.
Aquatic ecology .
Life sciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • Invited Papers
  • The culture of marine ecology
  • The past, present and future of phycology in China
  • Molecular biotechnology of marine algae in China
  • Microalgal studies for the 21st Century
  • Principles for attaining maximal microalgal productivity in photobioreactors: an overview
  • Mass production of Spirulina, an edible microalga
  • Current microalgal health food R & D activities in China
  • Contributed Papers
  • Spatial pattern of intertidal macroalgal assemblages associated with tidal levels
  • A short-term response of macroalgae to potential competitor removal in a midintertidal habitat in Korea
  • Seasonal occurrence and reproduction of Hypnea charoides (Rhodophyta) in Tung Ping Chau, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Biomass production of two Sargassum species at Cape Rachado, Malaysia
  • Cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms: a high quality food resource for intertidal grazers
  • Early stages of biofilm succession in a lentic freshwater environment
  • Laboratory studies on adhesion of microalgae to hard substrates
  • Growth and production of Thai agarophyte cultured natural pond using the effluent seawater from shrimp culture
  • Seedling production using enzymatically isolated thallus cells and its application in Porphyra cultivation
  • High monospore-producing mutants obtained by treatment with MNNG in Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)
  • An improved chromosome preparation from male gametophyte of Laminaria japonica (Hetero Kontophyta)
  • Solving the coastal eutrophication problem by large scale seaweed cultivation
  • Mass culture of Undaria gametophyte clones and their use in sporeling culture
  • Karyology and sex determination in Aglaothamnion oosumiense Itono (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)
  • Cytological damage to the red alga Griftithsia pacifica from ultraviolet radiation
  • The first spindle formation in brown algal zygotes
  • The generic delimitation of Rhodella (Porphyridiales, Rhodophyta) with emphasis on ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny
  • Four new species of the Genera Eudesme and Sphaerotrichia (Chordariaceal, Hetero Kontophyta) from the Chinese Coast
  • Studies on four new species of the malacocarpic Sargassum (Sargassaceae, Hetero Kontophyta) in China
  • Studies on Chinese species of Gelidiella and Pterocladiella (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta)
  • Some observations on harmful algal bloom (HAB) events along the coast of Guangdong, southern China in 1998
  • The effects of nutrients and their ratios on phytoplankton abundance in Junk Bay, Hong Kong
  • Harmful algal bloom causative collected from Hong Kong waters
  • Crossing test among floating Ulva thalli forming ‘green tide’ in Japan
  • Taxonomic and ecological profile of ‘green tide’ species of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in central Philippines
  • Inorganic ion compositions in brown algae, with special reference to sulfuric acid ion accumulations
  • Preliminary studies on the chemical characterization and antihyperlipidemic activity of Polysaccharide from the brown alga Sargassum fusiforme
  • Hepatoprotective effect of seaweeds’ methanol extract against carbon tetrachlorideinduced poisoning in rats
  • Nutritional evaluation of protein concentrates isolated from two red seaweeds: Hypnea charoides and Hypnea japonica in growing rats.

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