Dec 28, 2017

The last survey of 2017


Temperate Sargassum forest @ Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (23 Dec 2017)
It was the last field survey in 2017. Wishing you a festive holiday season and a very happy new year.


Dec 14, 2017

Annual contribution 2017


This is an annual contribution of the Marine Botany Lab of Kagoshima University in 2017. I would like to express my gratitude to all of the students, colleagues, co-authors and contributors. Thanks for a great year.

1. Borlongan, I. A., Gerung, G. S., Kawaguchi, S., Nishihara, G. N., Terada, R. 2017. Thermal and PAR effects on the photosynthesis of Eucheuma denticulatum and Kappaphycus striatus (so-called Sacol strain) cultivated in shallow bottom of Bali, Indonesia. Journal of Applied Phycology 29 (1): 395–404. DOI: 10.1007/s10811-016-0956-7 (Online 27 September 2016; Issue: February 2017)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10811-016-0956-7

2. Borlongan, I. A., Gerung, G. S., Nishihara, G. N., Terada, R. 2017. Light and temperature effects on photosynthetic activity of Eucheuma denticulatum and Kappaphycus alvarezii (brown and green color morphotypes) from Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia. Phycological Research 65 (1): 69–79. DOI: 10.1111/pre.12155 (Online 19 December 2016; Issue: January 2017)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pre.12155/abstract

Dec 1, 2017

New article: The combined effects of PAR and temperature including the chilling-light stress on the photosynthesis of a temperate brown alga, Sargassum patens (Fucales), based on field and laboratory measurements


New paper out from Journal of Applied Phycology
Feature article:
Terada. Matsumoto, Borlongan, Watanabe, Nishihara, Endo, Shimada (2017) The combined effects of PAR and temperature including the chilling-light stress on the photosynthesis of a temperate brown alga, Sargassum patens (Fucales), based on field and laboratory measurements. Journal of Applied Phycology
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-017-1344-7