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TROPICAL MARINE ALGAE: GROWTH IN LABORATORY CULTURE
Author(s) -
Colinvaux Llewellya Hillis,
Wilbur Karl M.,
Watabe Norimitsu
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1965.tb04560.x
Subject(s) - biology , halimeda , algae , botany , gamete , tropical marine climate , green algae , ecology , sperm
SUMMARY Mature tropical marine algae were transplanted from Jamaica, Bermuda, and Florida to aquaria at Duke University, North Carolina and The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Genera cultured included: Caulerpa, Halimeda, Penicillus, Udo‐tea, Acetabularia, Batophora, Cymopolia, Dictyosphaeria, Neomeris, and Valonia. Methods of transport and culture are described. The use of adult plants was convenient, as well as essential for those genera and species in which spore or gamete stages are as yet unknown. Since only small amounts of seawater were needed for maintenance of the cultures, studies on these livinng marine algae can be made at institutes far from the sea.The growth of new segments and young plants of Halimeda, Penicillus, and Udotea are described as well as gametangial development, aging and decay in Halimeda. Sequential photographs of Penicillus and Halimeda show development from the time the plants first appeared above the sand to relative maturity. Changes in morphology after a few months’culture are also described.