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11.12.2009
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13th Scientific Meeting of the Phycology Section - Homepage
Information about the upcoming 13th Scientific Meeting of the Phycology Section - which will take place on Isle Reichenau, Lake Constance
(Germany) in March 14th -17th 2010 - are now available at
http://www.uni-konstanz.de/phykologen2010/
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21.1.2009
Alga bloom offshore Iceland. Photo: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response
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Alga of the year 2009: Emiliania huxleyi – an algal dwarf which impacts on the global climate
Algal researchers of the German Botanical Society have chosen Emiliania huxleyi as alga of the year to highlight its importance as a global key organism.
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| Febr. 11th 2009
Gonyaulax spinifera, SEM image from M. Elbrächter
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Special course: Taxonomy of Recent Dinophyceae
Dr. Malte Elbrächter invites students, technical assitants, and scientists to learn about dinofalgellates at the Wadden Sea Station on the isle of Sylt, Germany, an institute of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. The course will take place from Oct. 26th to Nov 5th 2009. Registration deadline is August 15th.
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4. 8th 2008
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Alga of the Year 2008: Micrasterias - immortal but in the Red Data Book for endangered species
Algal researchers of the Phycology Section of the German Botanical Society have chosen the desmid Micrasterias as ‘Alga of the Year 2008’. Micrasterias, the name derived from Greek meaning ‘little star’, is a highly threatened, but species-rich and morphologically extremely diverse, genus of green algae. They entirely depend on the presence of unspoilt freshwater bodies for their existence.
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Members of the Phycological Section of the German Botanical Society who conduct research on algae nominate kelp ‘alga of the year’: kelps can reach lengths of several metres. They form, together with other macroalgal species, large underwater forests of the sea or ‘kelp forests’. Kelps contain alginic acid which has several applications as a stabilising agent in many food and cosmetic products. In contrast to other plants, kelps grow mainly in winter when little sunlight is available. Algae take up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and are the most important oxygen producers of the world.
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Starting January 2007, members of the Section introduce scientific publications that they believe deserve special attention.
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