St Petersburg
St Petersburg (formerly Petrograd and Leningrad) Second-largest city in
Russia, and a major seaport at the
e end of the Gulf of Finland, on the delta of the River Neva. Founded in 1703 by
Peter I (the Great), the city was the capital of Russia from 1712 to 1918. It was the scene of the Decembrist revolt (1825), and the Bloody Sunday incident in the
Russian Revolution of 1905. Renamed Petrograd in 1914, it was a centre of the political unrest that culminated in the
Russian Revolution. Petrograd workers were the spearhead of the 1917 Revolution, and the city was renamed Leningrad in 1924. Damaged during World War 2, it has since been rebuilt. Renamed St Petersburg (1991), following the break-up of the Soviet Union, it has federal status within the Russian Republic. Industries: shipbuilding, engineering, electronics, chemicals. Pop. (1999 est.) 4,661,000.
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Taxonomia y distribucion de Hildenbrandia angolensis (Hildenbrandiales: Rhodophyta) en Colombia.(Botánica)
Magazine article from: Caldasia; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...representando el primer hallazgo de Rhodophyta dulceacuícola. Se incluye...ecología, Hildenbrandia, Rhodophyta, ríos, taxonomí...Hildenbrandia angolensis (Hildenbrandiales: Rhodophyta) in Colombia ABSTRACT This study is...
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Group I introns and associated homing endonuclease genes reveals a clinal structure for Porphyra spiralis var. amplifolia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) along the Eastern coast of South America.(Research article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Evolutionary Biology; 11/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Descriptions of group I introns in Rhodophyta are limited to a few genera [11, 12...genera Porphyra and Bangia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) [13, 14, 15]. A survey for group...limited [2, 16, 17]. Usually in Rhodophyta, analyses at the intra-specific level...
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Reproductive phenology of Pterocladiella capillacea (Rhodophyta: Gelidiales) from Southern Baja California, Mexico (1).
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...field and laboratory studies are needed to provide a reli able predictive framework. ********** MOST RED SEAWEEDS (Rhodophyta) have a triphasic life history, involving an alternation of gametophytes, carposporophytes, and tetrasporophytes (Graham...
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The Liagoraceae (Rhodophyta: Nemaliales) of the Hawaiian Islands. 1: first record of the Genus Gloiotrichus for Hawai'i and the Pacific Ocean (1).
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: Gloiotrichus fractalis Huisman & Kraft is documented for the first time from the island of Hawai'i, Hawaiian Islands, which also represents the first record for the Pacific Ocean. The single specimen on which the record is based is 12 cm in height, extremely mucilaginous, with
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On two species of Kallymenia (rhodophyta: gigartinales: Kallymeniaceae) from the Hawaiian Islands, Central Pacific (1).(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: Two species of Kallymenia from the Hawaiian Islands, one rare, K sessilis Okamura, and the other described here for the first time, K thompsonii, n. sp., are examined, compared, and contrasted with other similar Kallymenia species. Both species are unusual because Kallymenia is generally
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Three algal propagation methods assessed to create a rhodophyta diet for juvenile Greenlip Abalone (Haliotis laevigata) in the later nursery phase.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT A variety of red algal species have been identified as potential food sources for juvenile Greenlip Abalone, Haliotis laevigata (>5 mm shell length). To provide the red algal species in a diet suitable for juvenile abalone three propagation methods; spore production, protoplast
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Ecology of the invasive red alga Gracilaria salicornia (Rhodophyta) on O'ahu, Hawai'i.
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: The red alga Gracilaria salicornia (C. Agardh) E. Y. Dawson was introduced intentionally to two reefs on O'ahu, Hawai'i, in the 1970s for experimental aquaculture for the agar industry. Some 30 yr later, this species has spread from the initial sites of introduction and is now competing
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Genetic population structure of the Hawaiian alien invasive seaweed Acanthophora spicifera (Rhodophyta) as revealed by DNA sequencing and ISSR analyses (1).(inter-simple sequence repeats)
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Borgesen is the most widespread and invasive alien macroalga on coral reefs throughout the main Hawaiian Islands. This alga disperses from harbors and ports to coral reefs throughout the state, producing high quantities of biomass that affect a wide range of
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Unraveling the Asteromenia peltata species complex with clarification of the genera Halichrysis and Drouetia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta).
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Botany; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: The senior author was fortunate in 1996 to dive on the remote Houtman Abrolhos Islands of Western Australia and view in situ the stunning Asteromenia peltata that is so strikingly illustrated by John Huisman (viewable on Algae-Base). Five years later, during excursions to Bermuda and Lord
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Bioprotective properties of seaweeds: In vitro evaluation of antioxidant activity and antimicrobial activity against food borne bacteria in relation to polyphenolic content.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine; 7/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...about 680 species of seaweed belonging to the Rhodophyta, Pheaophyta and Chlorophyta, in both the...seaweeds used for study were Gelidiella acerosa (Rhodophyta), Gracilaria edulis (Rhodophyta), Turbinaria conoides (Phaeophyta), Padina...
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Rhodophyta
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Rhodophyta The red algae phylum Rhodophyta synthesizes a class of water-soluble pigments termed phycobilins...Cryptomonads. There are approximately 6,000 species of Rhodophyta. Some of them are unicellular species that grow as filaments...
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red algae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
red algae See Rhodophyta .
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seaweeds
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
seaweeds Large multicellular algae living in the sea or in the intertidal zone. They are commonly species of the Chlorophyta , Phaeophyta , and Rhodophyta .
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floridean starch
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
floridean starch The storage product found in algae of the Rhodophyta . The structure of the compound is similar to amylopectin
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spermatia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
spermatia In plants, non- motile sperm, found in lichens and the Rhodophyta Compare ANTHEROZOID .
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