Phycological Research

PhycologicalResearch
Volume 61 䊉 Issue 1 䊉 January 2013

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Micheline Kézia Cordeiro-Araújo and Maria do Carmo Bittencourt-Oliveira

Active release of microcystins controlled by an endogenous rhythm in the cyanobacterium
Microcystis aeruginosa

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Ryo Hoshina, Emi Sato, Aika Shibata, Yuko Fujiwara, Yasushi Kusuoka and Nobutaka Imamura

Cytological, genetic, and biochemical characteristics of an unusual non-Chlorella photobiont ofStentor polymorphus collected from an artificial pond close to the shore of Lake Biwa, Japan

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Taxonomic circumscription of heterogeneous species Neogoniolithon brassica-florida(Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in Japan

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Yuji Tomaru, Kensuke Toyoda, Kei Kimura, Yoshitake Takao, Kiyonari Sakurada, Natsuko Nakayama
and Keizo Nagasaki

Isolation and characterization of a single-stranded RNA virus that infects the marine planktonic
diatom Chaetoceros sp. (SS08-C03)

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Li-na Zhao, Wen-fang Gong, Xi-wen Chen and De-fu Chen

Characterization of genes and enzymes in Dunaliella salina involved in glycerol metabolism inresponse to salt changes

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Raymond J. Lewis, Molly K. Green and Melinda E. Afzal

Effects of chelated iron on oogenesis and vegetative growth of kelp gametophytes(Phaeophyceae)

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Aki Kato, Masasuke Baba and Shoichiro Suda

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Kensuke Ichihara, Kazuyuki Miyaji and Satoshi Shimada

Research note: Comparing the low-salinity tolerance of Ulva species distributed in different
environments

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Liyuan Hou, Pengyu Wang, Fantao Kong, Hyunsun Park, Kazuya Kobiro and Takeshi Ohama

Research note: Mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticles: A new material for biolistic bombardment

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Maria Carolina S. Soares, Miquel Lürling and Vera L. M. Huszar

Growth and temperature-related phenotypic plasticity in the cyanobacterium
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii

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Hiroshi Yamashita and Kazuhiko Koike

Genetic identity of free-living Symbiodinium obtained over a broad latitudinal range inthe Japanese coast68

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Phycological Research
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Ichiro Mine
Graduate School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, JapanASSOCIATE EDITORS
Olivier De Clerck
Biology Department,
Ghent University,
Belgium

Daiske Honda
Department of Biology,
Faculty of Science andEngineering, Konan
University, Japan

Mona Hoppenrath
Senckenberg ResearchInstitute, German
Centre for Marine
Biodiversity Research,
Germany

Matthew L. Julius
Department of BiologicalSciences, St. Cloud
State University, USA

Mitsunobu Kamiya
Department of Marine
Bioscience, Faculty ofBiotechnology, Fukui
Prefectural University,Japan

Ulf Karsten
Institute of BiologicalSciences, University ofRostock, Germany

Christos Katsaros
Department of Botany,
Faculty of Biology,
University of Athens,
GreeceMasanobu Kawachi
Environmental Biology
Division, National
Institue forEnvironmental Studies,Japan

Gwang Hoon Kim
Department of Biology,
Kongju National
University, Korea

Jeong Ha Kim
Department ofBiological Sciences,
Sungkyunkwan
University, Korea

Showe-Mei Lin
Institute of Marine
Biology, National
Taiwan Ocean
University, Taiwan

Shigeki Mayama
Department of Biology,
Tokyo Gakugei
University, Japan

Hideaki Miyashita
Department ofInterdisciplinary
Environment, Graduate
School of Human andEnvironmental Studies,
Kyoto University, Japan

Taizo Motomura
Field Science Center forNothern Biosphere,
Hokkaido University,
Japan

Rei Narikawa
Graduate School ofArts and Sciences,
University of Tokyo,
Japan

Wendy Nelson
National Centre of
Aquatic Biodiversity
and Biosecurity,
New Zealand

Hiroyuki Sekimoto
Department of Chemicaland Biological Sciences,
Faculty of Science,
Japan Women’s
University, Japan

John West
School of Botany,
University ofMelbourne, Australia

Giuseppe C. Zuccarello
School of BiologicalSciences, Victoria
University of Wellington,
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THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PHYCOLOGY We invite anyone who is interested in any aspect of phycology to become a member of the Society. Asa member you will receive Phycological Research and the Japanese Journalof Phycology free of charge. The annual membership fee for individuals¥8000. Members who reside outside Japan will receive only the English
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ADDRESS FOR EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE Ichiro Mine, Graduate
School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi,Kochi 780-8520, Japan (E-mail: mine@kochi-u.ac.jp).

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Cover Habit of Neogoniolithon cf. fosliei with yellow conceptacles (left,crustose) and N. frutescens (right, branched) in Ishigaki Island, Japan at
1 m depth. Photograph by M. Baba.

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Officers for 2013–2014
President: Jiro Tanaka Tokyo University of Marine
Japan; Shinya Yoshikawa Fukui Prefectural
Science and Technology, Japan
University, Japan
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Public Relations Secretary: Kensuke Toyoda
Science and Technology, Japan
Keio University, Japan
Treasurer: Takanori Matsuoka Nippon Dental University,
Secretary for International Affairs: Shin-ichiro Abe
Tokyo, Japan
National Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency,
Membership Secretary: Satoko Sekida Kochi University,Japan
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Put O. Ang Jr. The Chinese University of HongKong, China
Taira Enomoto Kobe University, Japan
Daisuke Fujita Tokyo University of Marine Scienceand Technology, Japan
Masahiko Idei Bunkyo University, Japan
Masanobu Kawachi National Institute forEnvironmental Studies, Japan
Kazuhiro Kogame Hokkaido University, Japan
Kazuyoshi Kuwano Nagasaki University, Japan
Ichiro Mine Kochi University, Japan
Daisuke Muraoka Tohoku National Fisheries
Research Institute, Japan

Tamotsu Nagumo The Nippon Dental University, Japan
Takeshi Nakayama University of Tsukuba, Japan
Wendy A. Nelson The National Institute of Waterand Atmospheric Research, New ZealandTadahide Noro Kagoshima University, JapanClaude E. Payri Institut de Recherche pour leDeveloppement, FranceHidetoshi Sakayama Kobe University, Japan
Yukihiko Serisawa University of Yamanashi, Japan
Yoshihiro Shiraiwa University of Tsukuba, JapanShinya Uwai Niigata University, Japan
Goro Yoshida National Research Institute ofFisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Japan

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