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Benthic Marine Algae on Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris – a morphological documentation of the species. Part 1 – The tsunami event, the project overview, and the red algae
ScholarsArchive at Oregon State University
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Benthic Marine Algae on Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris – a morphological documentation of the species. Part 1 – The tsunami event, the project overview, and the red algae |
| Names |
Hansen, G.I.
(creator) Hanyuda, T. (creator) Kawai, H. (creator) |
| Date Issued | 2017-09-06 (iso8601) |
| Abstract | To determine the invasion threat to the NE Pacific of marine algae arriving on Japanese debris from the 2011 Great Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami, my colleagues and I took up the task of identifying the algal species on 42 of the most heavily fouled debris items that landed on the shores of Oregon and Washington between June 2012 and July 2016. Using both morphological and molecular methods, we identified 80+ marine algal and cyanobacterial species and species complexes on verified Japanese tsunami marine debris. Since many of these species are not well-described in the literature, a morphological account of the actual specimens has been prepared to assist in the detection of future invasions by these species in the NE Pacific. Part 1 provides an introduction to the study and pictures and descriptions of 30 red algal species that were discovered. Part 2 will cover the brown algae, and Part 3, the green algae and cyanobacteria. In addition to this morphological documentation series, the reader is referred to our 2 papers on the study (cited in the text) that are being published by Marine Pollution Bulletin. |
| Genre | Article |
| Access Condition | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ |
| Topic | introduced species |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1957/61826 |
