Asian Pacific Phycology in the 21st Century : Prospects and Challenges

Collects 36 invited and contributed papers presented at the Second Asian Pacific Phycological Forum held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. This volume aims to provide a comprehensive picture of advances in algal research.

Introduction; P.O. Ang Jr. List of Reviewers. Invited Papers. The culture of marine ecology; R.E. deWreede. The past, present and future of psychology in China; C.K. Tseng. Molecular biotechnology of seaweeds in China; Song Qin, et al. Microalgal studies for the 21st century; N. Kurano, S. Miyachi. Principles for attaining maximal microalgal productivity in photobioreactors; A. Richmond. Mass production of Spirulina, an edible microalga; H. Shimamatsu. Current microalgal health food R & D activities in China; Shizhong Liang, et al. Contributed Papers. Ecology: Spatial pattern of intertidal macroalgal assemblages associated with tidal levels; Tae Seob Choi, Kwang Young Kim. A short-term response of macroalgae to potential competitor removal in a mid-intertidal habitat in Korea; Baek Jun Kim, et al. Seasonal occurrence and reproduction of Hypnea charoides (Rhodophyta) in Tung Ping Chau, Hong Kong SAR, China; C.S.L. Kong, P.O. Ang Jr. Biomass production of two Sargassum species at Cape Rachado, Malaysia; Chin-Lee Wong, Siew-Moi Phang. Cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms: a high quality food resource for intertidal grazers; S. Nagarkar, et al. Early stages of biofilm succession in a lentic freshwater environment; R. Sekar, et al. Laboratory studies on adhesion of microalgae on hard substrates; R. Sekar, et al. Seaweed Farming and Aquaculture. Growth and production of Thai agarophyte cultured in natural pond using the effluent seawater from shrimp culture; A. Chirapart, K. Lewmanomont. Seedling production using enzymatically isolated thallus cells and its application in Porphyra cultivation; Jixun Dai, et al. High monospore-producing mutants obtained by treatment with MNNG in Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (Bangiales, Rhodophyta); Xing-Hong Yan, et al. An improved chromosome preparation from male gametophyte of Laminaria japonica (Phaeophyta); Li Ran Zhou, et al. Solving the coastal eutrophication problem by large scale seaweed cultivation; Xiugeng Fei. Mass culture of Undaria gametophyte clones and their use in sporeling culture; Chaoyuan Wu, et al. Cell Biology, Morphology and Systematics. Karyology and sex determination in Aglathamnion oosumiense Itono (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta); Ok-Kyong Chah, et al. Cytological damage to the red algae Griffithsia pacifica from ultraviolet radiation; D.J. Garbary, et al. The first spindle formation in brown algal zygotes; T. Motomura, C. Nagasato. The generic delimitation of Rhodella (Porphyridiales, Rhodophyta) with emphasis on ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny; A. Yokoyama, et al. Four new species of genera Eudesme and Sphaerotrichia (Chordariales, Phaeophyta) from Chinese coast; Lanping Ding, Baoren Lu. Studies on four new species of the malacocarpic Sargassum (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) in China; Baoren Lu, C.K. Tseng. Studies on Chinese species of Gelidiella and Sphaerotrichia (Chordariales, Phaeophyta); Bang-Mei Xia, et al. Harmful Algal Blooms and Green Tide. Some observations on harmful algal bloom (HAB) events along the coast of Guangdong, Southern China in 1998; Yuzao Qi, et al. The effects of nutrients and their ratios on phytoplankton abundance in Junk Bay, Hong Kong; I.J. Hodgkiss, Songhui Liu. Harmful algal bloom causative Dinoflagellates collected from Hong Kong waters; Songhui Lu, I.J. Hodgkiss. Crossing test among floating Ulva thalli forming ''green tide'' in Ja