Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium

Worldwide coverage of recent developments in applied seaweed research

Cultivation.- Advances in seaweed aquaculture among Pacific Island countries.- Experimental tank cultivation of Porphyra in Israel.- Rapid survey technique using socio-economic indicators to assess the suitability of Pacific Island rural communities for Kappaphycus seaweed farming development.- Artificial seed production and cultivation of the edible brown alga, Sargassum fulvellum (Turner) C. Agardh: Developing a new species for seaweed cultivation in Korea.- Farming of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera in southern Chile for development of novel food products.- Effects of temperature and salinity on the growth of Gracilaria verrucosa and G. chorda, with the potential for mariculture in Korea.- Developmental studies in Porphyra vietnamensis: A high-temperature resistant species from the Indian Coast.- Spore adhesion and cell wall formation in Gelidium floridanum (Rhodophyta, Gelidiales).- Forecasting infections of the red rot disease on Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (Rhodophyta) cultivation farms.- Occurrence of Polysiphonia epiphytes in Kappaphycus farms at Calaguas Is., Camarines Norte, Phillippines.- Culture of Gigartina skottsbergii (Rhodophyta) in southern Chile. A pilot scale approach.- Can kelp extract (KELPAK®) be useful in seaweed mariculture?.- Harvesting.- A remote sensing approach to estimating harvestable kelp biomass.- The effects of harvesting of the South African kelp (Ecklonia maxima) on kelp population structure, growth rate and recruitment.- Harvesting of the kelp Ecklonia maxima in South Africa affects its three obligate, red algal epiphytes.- Changes in the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol. plant morphology and biomass produced by cutter rake harvests in southern New Brunswick, Canada.- Hydrocolloids.- Carrageenans from cystocarpic andsterile plants of Chondrus pinnulatus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) collected from the Russian Pacific coast.- A comparative study of specificity of fucoidanases from marine microorganisms and invertebrates.- Comparative characterization of laminarinases from the filamentous marine fungi Chaetomium indicum Corda and Trichoderma aureviride Rifai.- Biochemistry & Utilization.- Seasonal variation in the chemical composition of tropical Australian marine macroalgae.- Tissue nitrogen and phosphorus in seaweeds in a tropical eutrophic environment: What a long-term study tells us.- Element concentrations in some species of seaweeds from La Paz Bay and La Paz Lagoon, south-western Baja California, Mexico.- Formation of aldehyde flavor (n-hexanal, 3Z-nonenal and 2E-nonenal) in the brown alga, Laminaria angustata.- Antimicrobial browning-inhibitory effect of flavor compounds in seaweeds.- Effect of detachment on the palatability of two kelp species.- A comparison of various seaweed-based diets and formulated feed on growth rate of abalone in a land-based aquaculture system.- A simple 96-well microplate method for estimation of total polyphenol content in seaweeds.- Physiology.- Effects of UVB radiation on the initial stages of growth of Gigartina skottsbergii, Sarcothalia crispata and Mazzaella laminarioides (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta).- Photosynthesis and UV-B tolerance of the marine alga Fucus vesiculosus at different sea water salinities.- Effects of environmental factors and metal ions on growth of the red alga Gracilaria chorda Holmes (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta).- Genomics & Molecular Genetics.- A genomic and phylogenetic perspective on endosymbiosis and algal origin.- Isolation of pollutant (pine needle ash)-responding genes from tissues of the seaweed Ulva pertusa.- Isolation and identification of gametogenesis-related genes in Porphyra yezoensis (Rhodophyta) using subtracted cDNA libraries.- Kelp Ecology & Global Environmental Change.- Molecular systematics and phylogenetics of Gracilariacean species from the Mediterranean Sea.- Long term variability in the structure of kelp communities in northern Chile and the 1997-98 ENSO.- Recent fluctuations in distribution and biomass of cold and warm temperature species of Laminarialean algae at Cape Ohma, northern Honshu, Japan.- Ecology.- Introduced macroalgae - A growing concern.- Time-space characterization of commercial seaweed species from the Gulf of California using a geographical information system.- Phenology of Chondrus ocellatus in Cheongsapo near Busan, Korea.- Seasonality pattern of biomass accumulation in a drifting Furcellaria lumbricalis community in the waters of the West Estonian Archipelago, Baltic Sea.- Factors influencing the growth rates of three commercial eucheumoids at coastal sites in southern Kenya.- Reproduction strategies of Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyta) in Southern Chile: The importance of population dynamics.- Group recruitment and early survival of Mazzaella laminarioides.- Distribution and recent reduction of Gelidium beds in Toyama Bay, Japan.- Overgrazing of kelp beds along the coast of Norway.- Seasonal occurrences of epiphytic algae on the commercially cultivated red alga Kappaphycus alvarezii (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales, Rhodophyta).- The role of encrusting coralline algae in the diets of selected intertidal herbivores.- Phenology of Sargassum spp. in Tung Ping Chau Marine Park, Hong Kong SAR, China.- Biogeography of Alaskan seaweeds.- Systematics, Taxonomy & Phylogeny.- Systematics and genetic variation in commercial Kappaphycus and Eucheuma(Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta).- Phylogenetic diversity of New Zealand Gelidiales as revealed by rbcL sequence data.- Taxonomic considerations of a foliose Grateloupia species from the Straits of Messina.- Observations on flattened species of Gracilaria (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from Taiwan.- Phylogenetic re-evaluation of the Laurencia complex (Rhodophyta) with a description of L. succulenta sp. nov. from Korea.