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

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.