1. International workshop on Gelidium

   Legacy Pages: v - v

2. Special sponsors

   Legacy Pages: vi - vi

3. Opening addresses

   Legacy Pages: ix - xii

4. Foreword

   EditorialNotes Pages: xiii - xiv

5. List of participants

   Legacy Pages: xv - xviii

6. Intrageneric differences in cystocarp structure in Gelidium and Pterocladia

   • B. Santelices

   Taxonomy Pages: 1 - 17

7. Worldwide distribution of commercial resources of seaweeds including Gelidium

   • Dennis J. McHugh

   Seaweed resources Pages: 19 - 29

8. Production ecology of Gelidium

   • B. Santelices

   Ecology and management Pages: 31 - 44

9. Biological criteria for the exploitation of the commercially important species of Gelidium in Spain

   • José A. Juanes
   • Angel Borja

   Ecology and management Pages: 45 - 54

10. Gelidium pristoides in South Africa

    • R. J. Anderson
    • R. H. Simons
    • G. J. Levitt

    Ecology and management Pages: 55 - 66

11. Field studies and growth experiments on Gelidium latifolium from Asturias (northern Spain)

    • José M. Rico

    Ecological-ophysiology Pages: 67 - 75

12. Photosynthesis of Gelidium sesquipedale: effects of temperature and light on pigment concentration, C/N ratio and cell-wall polysaccharides

    • Maria Torres
    • F. Xavier Niell
    • Patricia Algarra

    Ecological-ophysiology Pages: 77 - 82

13. Physiological basis for the cultivation of the Gelidiaceae

    • Bruce A. Macler
    • John R. Zupan

    Ecological-ophysiology Pages: 83 - 90

14. Gelidium cultivation in the sea

    • R. A. Melo
    • B. W. W. Harger
    • M. Neushul

    Cultivation Pages: 91 - 106

15. Spray system for re-attachment of Gelidium sesquipedale (Clem.) Born. et Thur. (Gelidiales: Rhodophyta)

    • J. M. Salinas

    Cultivation Pages: 107 - 117

16. Artificial sporeling and field cultivation of Gelidium in China

    • X. G. Fei
    • L. J. Huang

    Cultivation Pages: 119 - 124

17. General principles of on-shore cultivation of seaweeds: effects of light on production

    • J. L. McLachlan

    Cultivation Pages: 125 - 135

18. Chemical structure and physico-chemical properties of agar

    • Marc Lahaye
    • Cyrille Rochas

    Agars and utilization Pages: 137 - 148

19. Agars from Chilean Gelidiaceae

    • Betty Matsuhiro
    • Carlos C. Urzúa

    Agars and utilization Pages: 149 - 156

20. Agar and agarose biotechnological applications

    • Rafael Armisén

    Agars and utilization Pages: 157 - 166

21. Genetic alleviation of the self-fertilization complication when hybridizing monoecious Gelidium vagum

    • John P. van der Meer
    • Mohsin U. Patwary

    Biotechnology Pages: 167 - 179

22. Actual, potential and speculative applications of seaweed cellular biotechnology: some specific comments on Gelidium

    • G. Garcia-Reina
    • J. L. Gómez-Pinchetti
    • P. Sosa

    Biotechnology Pages: 181 - 194

23. Concluding remarks

    EditorialNotes Pages: 195 - 196

24. Subject and taxonomic index

    Legacy Pages: 197 - 203