| Fifteenth International Seaweed Symposium: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Seaweed Symposium Held in Valdivia, Chile, in January 1995 Contributor(s): Lindstrom, Sandra C. (Editor), Chapman, David J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0792339770 ISBN-13: 9780792339779 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Lakes, Ponds & Swamps |
| Dewey: 639.89 |
| LCCN: 96221910 |
| Series: Developments in Hydrobiology |
| Physical Information: 534 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume provides a selection of the most significant papers presented at the 15th International Seaweed Symposium in Valdivia, Chile, in January 1995. Plenary lectures featured seaweed research and utilization in Chile by Bernab Santelices, ethnobotany of seaweeds by Isabella Abbott, host-virus interactions in marine brown algae by Dieter M ller, DNA analysis methods for recognizing species invasion by Annette Coleman, and recent developments in manufacturing and marketing carrageenan by Harris Bixler. Other highlights include sections on integrated aquaculture using seaweeds and marine invertebrates or fishes and on diseases in seaweeds. The remaining papers cover recent advances in floristics and systematics, population studies, pollution, cultivation, economics, physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, and chemistry and chemical composition of seaweeds, particularly species of Gracilariales, Gigartinales, Gelidiales, Laminariales and Fucales. |
