Proceedings of the Joint China-U.S. Phycology Symposium

In the "Proceedings of the Joint China-U. S. Phycology Symposium" are embodied most of the papers delivered at the meeting which took place at Qingdao (Tsingtao), People's Republic of China, 16-20 November, 1981. The meeting was attended by some of the well-known American and Chinese phycologists. The Symposium was jointly sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica) and the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and covered practically all the important phases of phycology. Published in this volume are 6 papers on systematics, structure, morphology and evolution, 3 on reproduction, life histories and genetics, 4 on ecology, interactions, community structure and diseases, 11 on physiology and biochemistry and 4 on cultivation and utilization, of the algae, altogether 28 papers.

This volume will be most helpful to phycologists who wish to have an overview of the phycological activities in the two countries involved, especially that of China which has a very short history of phycology and activities not widely known to the outside world.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
SESSION I. Systematics, Structure, Morphology and Evolution
1. Morphology, Structure, Systematics and Evolution of the Giant Kelp Macrocystis Neushul, Michael
2. On Prochloron and its Significance in Algal Phylogeny
3. Dinoflagellate Phylogeny and Systematics
4. Studies on the Genus Brachytrichiopsis Jao
5. Studies on the Chinese Species of Galaxaura
6. Preliminary Studies on the Chromatin Structure of a Dinoflaggellate, Oxyrrhis marina
SESSION II. Reproduction, Life Histories and Genetics
7. Induction of Sexual Morphogenesis in Volvox
8. A Summary of the Genetic Studies of Laminaria japonica in China
9. Further Investigations on the Genetic Affinities and Life History Patterns of the
SESSION III. Ecology, Interactions, Community Structure and Diseases
10. Phytoplankton Growth in the Sea: Some Concepts, Methodological Approaches and Observations
11. On the Diseases of Cultivated Laminariajaponica
12. Marine Algal Interactions: Epibiosis, Endobiosis, Parasitism and Disease
13. Ecological Studies on the Phytoplankton of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea during the Summer 1978
ESSION IV. Physiology and Biochemistry
14. The Use of Fluorescence Microscopy to Study Cell Structure, Nuclear Ploidy, Cell Cycles and Plastid DNA
15. The Effect of Red Light on Photokinesis of Euglena gracilis
16. Molecular Photobiology in Blue-green Algae
17. Regulation of Energy Metabolism (Photosynthesis and Nitrogen Fixation) in Blue-green Algae
18. Some Properties of R-phycoerythrin
19. Some Studies on Basic Proteins of Dinoflagellate Chromosomes
20. Chemical Components of Alginic Acid in some Chinese Brown Seaweeds
21. A Simplifidd Method for Akinete Isolation in Blue-green Algae and Preliminary Observation on the Light-dependent Germination of Akinetes ofAnabaena azollae
22. ChlorophyU-protein Complexes of a Marine Benthic Green Alga Codmm fragile
23. The Occurrence of Hydrogenase in Seaweeds
24. Studies On the Pigments of Blue-green Gymnoclinium 1 Preliminary Separation a Characteristics of Phycocyanin
SESSION V. Cultivation and Utilization
25. Coral Reef Diversified Farming
26. The Application of Algae in Monitoring and Evaluating Water Pollution in the Tumen River
27. Investigation of Benthic Marine Algae as a Resource for New Pharmaceuticals and Agricultural Chemicals