Monitoring survey of an endangered freshwater red alga, Nemalionopsis tortuosa was conducted in Amami Island. This species can be found in the downstream of clean freshwater wellspring from winter through early summer.
Phenology and characteristic photobiology of this species were recently reported by our research groups (Fujimoto et al. 2014).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pre.12049/abstract
Nemalionopsis tortuosa in Amami |
オキチモズクの生育状況を奄美大島で調査しました。生育初期ということでまだまだ小さいですが,例年通りの場所で見られました。