Lack of knowledge of the marine realm may bias our perception of the current status and
threats to marine biodiversity. Less than 10% of all ecological literature is related to the …

Table 1. FAO figures for world farmed seaweed and Spirulina production in 2004. 12 Table
2. Annual production in metric ton dry weight of the main farmed seaweed genera by country …

Geological phenomena (eg drastic sea level fluctuations during the Quaternary Ice Age in
the Northern Hemisphere) have been demonstrated to intensively affect the biogeographic …

This paper describes a new genus of lichen photobionts, Vulcanochloris, with three newly
proposed species, V. canariensis, V. guanchorum and V. symbiotica. These algae have …

Rafting on floating seaweeds facilitates dispersal of associated organisms, but there is little
information on how rafting affects the genetic structure of epiphytic seaweeds. Previous …

Sargassum muticum is important in maintaining the structure and function of littoral
ecosystems, and is used in aquaculture and alginate production, however, little is known …

ISSR analysis was used to investigate genetic variations of 184 haploid and diploid samples
from nine North Atlantic Chondrus crispus Stackhouse populations and one outgroup Yellow …

Genetic variation of four populations of Sargassum thunbergii (Mert.) O. Kuntze and one
outgroup of S. fusiforme (Harv.) Setchell from Shandong peninsula of China was studied …

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to supersede microsatellites as the
marker of choice for population genetic studies in the near future. To date, however, very few …

The red algae are unique and interesting for their ancient eukaryote position, the diversity of
their cellular structure and biochemical composition, and their high species diversity and …