Asian Pacific Phycology in the 21st Century

From the reviews: "These proceedings of the second Asian Pacific Phycological Forum ... contain an anthology of peer-reviewed papers written by (mainly) phycologists working in Pacific Asia. ... The publication is well printed and bound and the figures are of good quality. ... both the surveys and the research papers contain information that has not been published elsewhere and it is useful to have this publication available." (Willem F. Prud'Homme Van Reine, Blumea, Vol. 50 (1), 2005)

• 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 Japan; M. Hiraoka, et al. Taxonomic and ecological profile of "green tide" species of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) in central Philippines; D.B. Largo, et al. Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Applications. Inorganic ion compositions in brown algae, with special reference to sulfuric acid ion accumulations; H. Sasaki, et al. Preliminary studies on the chemical characterization and antihyperlipidemic activity of polysaccharide from brown algae Sargassum fusiforme; Wenjun Mao, et al. Hepatoprotective effect of seaweeds' methanol extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced poisoning in rats; Chun-Kwan Wong, et al. Nutritional evaluation of protein concentrates isolated from two red seaweeds: Hypnea charoides Lamouroux and Hypnea japonica Tanaka in growing rats; K.H. Wong, et al.