1. Publisher's announcement

   Announcement Pages: v - v

2. Mathematical model ofLaminaria production near a British Columbian salmon sea cage farm

   • R. J. Petrell
   • K. Mazhari Tabrizi
   • L. D. Druehl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 14

3. Microscopic observations on tissue calcium distribution in the brown alga,Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar

   • Satomi Ito
   • Tamotsu Miyoshi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 21

4. Physicochemical characterization of carrageenan fromGigartina teedii (Rooth) Lamouroux (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)

   • M. Zinoun
   • J. Cosson
   • E. Deslandes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

5. Factors affecting the electrofusion efficiency ofPorphyra protoplasts

   • Yuzuru Mizukami
   • Hitoshi Kito
   • Masanori Okauchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 36

6. Effect of seaweed concentrate fromEcklonia maxima (Osbeck) Papenfuss onMeloidogyne incognita infestation on tomato

   • I. J. Crouch
   • J. Van Staden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 43

7. Second-derivative Fourier transform infrared spectra of seaweed galactans

   • Betty Matsuhiro
   • Pilar Rivas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 51

8. Inter- and intrapopulation genetic variation in species ofPorphyra (Rhodophyta: Bangiales) from British Columbia and adjacent waters

   • Sandra C. Lindstrom

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 62

9. Studies on by-products from the industrial extraction of alginate

   • N. Fleury
   • M. Lahaye

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 69

10. Changes in the lipid composition and maximisation of the polyunsaturated fatty acid content of three microalgae grown in mass culture

    • G. A. Dunstan
    • J. K. Volkman
    • C. D. Garland

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 83

11. Comparison of growth rate in culture, dry matter content, agar content and agar quality of two New Zealand red seaweeds,Gracilaria chilensis Bird, McLachlanet Oliveira andGracilaria truncata Kraft

    • T. D. Pickering
    • V. H. Sladden
    • P. Redfearn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 91

12. Determination of an ethylene biosynthesis pathway in the unicellular green alga,Haematococcus pluvialis. Relationship between growth and ethylene production

    • Patrick Maillard
    • Catherine Thepenier
    • Claude Gudin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 98

13. Nuclear genome characterization and carrageenan analysis ofGymnogongrus griffithsiae (Rhodophyta) from North Carolina

    • Donald F. Kapraun
    • Julie A. Dutcher
    • Maria F. Capecchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 107

14. Production and partial purification of γ-linolenic acid and some pigments fromSpirulina platensis

    • Z. Cohen
    • M. Reungjitchachawali
    • M. Tanticharoen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 115

15. Comparison ofGelidium latifolium (Grev.) Born. et Thur. (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) isolates from Spain and Norway

    • Stein Fredriksen
    • Jose M. Rico
    • Jan Rueness

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 122

16. Seasonality of some species ofGracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Kenya

    • H. A. Oyieke
    • J. O. Kokwaro

    Note Pages: 123 - 124

17. Patents

    Announcement Pages: 125 - 129

18. Notes and comments

    Legacy Pages: 130 - 130

19. Book reviews

    • Michael A. Borowitzka
    • D. O. Hall

    BookReview Pages: 131 - 132