International Workshop on Gelidium - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Gelidium held in Santander, Spain, September 3-8, 1990

List of contents

Taxonomy.- Intrageneric differences in cystocarp structure in Gelidium and Pterocladia.- Seaweed resources.- Worldwide distribution of commercial resources of seaweeds including Gelidium.- Ecology and management.- Production ecology of Gelidium.- Biological criteria for the exploitation of the commercially important species of Gelidium in Spain.- Gelidium pristoides in South Africa.- Ecological-physiology.- Field studies and growth experiments on Gelidium latifolium from Asturias (northern Spain).- Photosynthesis of Gelidium sesquipedale: effects of temperature and light on pigment concentration, C/N ratio and cell-wall polysaccharides.- Physiological basis for the cultivation of the Gelidiaceae.- Cultivation.- Gelidium cultivation in the sea.- Spray system for re-attachment of Gelidium sesquipedale. (Clem.) Born. et Thur. (Gelidiales: Rhodophyta).- Artificial sporeling and field cultivation of Gelidium in China.- General principles of on-shore cultivation of seaweeds: effects of light on production.- Agars and utilization.- Chemical structure and physico-chemical properties of agar.- Agars from Chilean Gelidiaceae.- Agar and agarose biotechnological applications.- Biotechnology.- Genetic alleviation of the self-fertilization complication when hybridizing monoecious Gelidium vagum.- Actual, potential and speculative applications of seaweed cellular biotechnology: some specific comments on Gelidium.- Concluding remarks.

Product details

• Assisted by: J. A. Juanes (Editor), J.A. Juanes (Editor), J L McLachlan (Editor), J. L. McLachlan (Editor), J.L. McLachlan (Editor), Santelices (Editor), B Santelices (Editor), B. Santelices (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2013
• EAN: 9789401056014
• ISBN: 978-94-0-105601-4
• No. of pages: 203
• Illustrations: XVIII, 203 p.
• Series: Developments in Hydrobiology; Developments in Hydrobiology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology