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Endophytic algae of Irish moss (Chondrus crispus Stackh.)

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Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium

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

Abstract

The red alga Chondrus crispus Stackh., Irish moss, occurs in Europe from northern Norway south to North Africa. In the western Atlantic the range is from Labrador to New Jersey (MacFarlane, 1968), where C. crispus is a major component of littoral and sublittoral communities (Mathieson & Prince, 1973; Prince & Kingsbury, 1973) and has been harvested for its commercially important extractive, carrageenan (McLachlan, 1985). Considerable efforts have thus been made to understand the biology, enhance the resource and cultivate C. crispus (Mathieson & Prince, 1973; Prince & Kingsbury, 1973; Neish et al., 1977; Simpson et al., 1978; Simpson & Shacklock, 1979; Bidwell et al., 1985). Associations with other species, including epiphytes (Mathieson & Prince, 1973), have been studied in natural populations and culture systems (Prince & Kingsbury, 1973; Neish et al., 1977; Enright, 1978).

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  1. Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada, B0P 1X0

    J. Correa & D. W. Grund

  2. Havbiologisk Afd., Institut for Sporeplanter, Tordenskjodsgade 13, DK-9900, Frederikshavn, Denmark

    R. Nielsen

  3. Atlantic Research Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, 1411 Oxford St., Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 3Z1

    J. McLachlan

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Correa, J., Nielsen, R., Grund, D.W., McLachlan, J. (1987). Endophytic algae of Irish moss (Chondrus crispus Stackh.). In: Ragan, M.A., Bird, C.J. (eds) Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4057-4_33

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