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Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium

Proceedings of the Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 27–August 1, 1986

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Mark A. Ragan

    1. National Research Council, Halifax, Canada

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  2. Carolyn J. Bird

    1. National Research Council, Halifax, Canada

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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 41)

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Table of contents (84 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVIII
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  2. Opening addresses

    1. Opening addresses

      • Arne Jensen, Eurico C. de Oliveira
      Pages 1-3

  3. Plenary Lectures

    1. The main seaweed foods in Japan

      • Kazutosi Nisizawa, Hiroyuki Noda, Ryo Kikuchi, Tadaharu Watanabe
      Pages 5-29

    2. Utilization of seaweed hydrocolloids in the food industry

      • Martin Glicksman
      Pages 31-47

  4. Minisymposia and Workshop

    1. Marine algal genetics and genomes

      1. Using genetic markers in phycological research
        • John P. van der Meer
        Pages 49-56
      2. Progress in the genetics and breeding of economic seaweeds in China
        • Chaoyuan Wu, Lin Guangheng
        Pages 57-61
      3. Molecular genetic analysis of variation in <i>Costaria costata</i> (Turner) Saunders
        • Debashish Bhattacharya, Louis D. Druehl
        Pages 63-67

    2. Production of Spirulina and other microalgae

      1. The mass cultivation of <i>Spirulina platensis</i> in Brazil
        • Klaus Wagener, Angela de Luca Rebello
        Pages 69-70
      2. On the economics of <i>Spirulina</i> production in Chile with details on drag-board mixing in shallow ponds
        • G. Valderrama, A. Cárdenas, A. Markovits
        Pages 71-74
      3. Strain selection of <i>Spirulina</i> suitable for mass production
        • Avigad Vonshak
        Pages 75-77
      4. Recent research on <i>Spirulina</i> in Italy
        • L. Tomaselli, G. Torzillo, L. Giovannetti, B. Pushparaj, F. Bocci, M. Tredici et al.
        Pages 79-82
      5. A pond for edible <i>Spirulina</i> production and its hydraulic studies
        • H. Shimamatsu
        Pages 83-89
      6. Experiments on <i>Spirulina</i> culture on waste-effluent media and at the pilot plant
        • Francisco Ayala, Teresita Vargas
        Pages 91-93
      7. <i>Spirulina</i>, real aid to development
        • Ripley D. Fox
        Pages 95-97
      8. The mass culture of <i>Dunaliella salina</i> for β-carotene: from pilot plant to production plant
        • T. P. Moulton, L. J. Borowitzka, D. J. Vincent
        Pages 99-105
      9. Competition between <i>Dunaliella</i> species at high salinity
        • T. P. Moulton, T. R. Sommer, M. A. Burford, L. J. Borowitzka
        Pages 107-116
      10. The challenge confronting industrial microagriculture: high photosynthetic efficiency in large-scale reactors
        • Amos Richmond
        Pages 117-121

    3. Applications of biotechnology to algae

      1. Enzymatic removal of the cell walls from zygotes of <i>Fucus distichus</i> (L.) Powell (Phaeophyta)
        • B. Kloareg, R. S. Quatrano
        Pages 123-129
      2. Calluses and callus-like growth in seaweeds: Induction and culture
        • Miriam Polne-Fuller, Aharon Gibor
        Pages 131-138
      3. Structures and functions of the polysaccharides from the cell wall of <i>Gracilaria verrucosa</i> (Rhodophyceae, Gigartinales)
        • D. Christiaen, T. Stadler, M. Ondarza, M. C. Verdus
        Pages 139-146
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` The volume is excellently produced and free from printing errors. It would be a valuable source of information for anyone involved in seaweed cultivation and exploitation. '
Phytochemistry, Vol.27,No.6

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Research Council, Halifax, Canada

    Mark A. Ragan, Carolyn J. Bird

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 27–August 1, 1986

  • Editors: Mark A. Ragan, Carolyn J. Bird

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4057-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4057-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 608

  • Number of Illustrations: 231 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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