SEAWEED RESEARCH AND UTILIZATION
International Journal - ISSN 0971 - 7560
Seaweed Research and Utilization - An international Journal

SEAWEED RESEARCH AND UTILISATION is the fIrst journal of its kind in. the world. It publishes Research papers, Reviews on all aspects of seaweeds, agar, algin and its related subjects.

SEAWEED RESEARCH AND UTILISATION is one of the most leading journals of India and is widely subscribed in India and abroad by individuals in education, industry and research and Govt. Departments.


Current issue -Volume 26 No 1 & 2 2004

Morphological and developmental studies on some Indian species of Hypnea
Lamouroux Hypneaceae, Rhodophyta M Prema and V Krishnamurthy.... 1
Addition to the marine algal flora of Goa VijayaKerkar 19
Seaweeds and the associated fauna of the Thirumullavaramcoast, Kerala .......
: Leena Thomasand L. Prabha Devi 23
Distribution of marine macroalgae of Idinthakarai and Vizhinjam coasts - A
comparative study R. Sreekala Devi,1. Edwin James and S. Saravana Babu 29
Marinealgal flora from some localitiesof Southeast coastofTamilnadu ...................
J. Edwin James, R. Asir Selin Kumar and A.D.S. Raj 33
Algae as biofoulers in Pudhumadamcoastalwaters in the Gulf of Mannar ..............
N. Marimuthu,1. Jerald Wi/son,B. Muthuraman,S.Magesh and A. K. Kumaraguru 41
Present scel"\arioof seaweed exploitation and industry in India .............................
\~.: :.: N. Kaliaperumal,S. Kalimuthu and1. R. Ramalingam 47
Carrageenan cOntent in Hypnea species from Tuticorin, southeast coast of India
...:..: C. PoppyMary Vimalabai,P. Sumithra and RA. Prathiba 55
A comparative study on agar content in Gracilaria corticata J. Agardh, Graci/aria
fergusonii J. Agardh and Gelidiumpusilium (Stackh.) Le Jolis of Kudankulam and
Kdr~mban'a"is,outheastand southwest coasts of India ... Edwin James, R. Asir Selin Kumar, A.D.S. Raj and R. Sreekala Devi 63
Biochemical studies on some green algae ofKanyakumari coast .
B. Muthuramanand R. Ranganathan 69
Studies on the photosynthetic pigments of certain marine algae from Kanyakumari
coast B. Muthuramanand R. Ranganathan 73
Biosorption of Chromium VI by ubiquitousSargassum biomass ............................
K. Nandhagoapl and S. K. Subramanian 77
Studies on the fatty acid compositionof marine algae ofRameswaram coast ......... V. Venkatesalu, P. Sundaramoorthy,M Anantharaj, M GopalakrishananandM Chandrasekaran 83

Screening offatty acid methyl esters of marine algae for antibacterial activity M Anantharaj, V. Venkatesalu, M Chandrasekara andS. Sivasankari..87
Phenolic compounds in brown seaweeds from Tuticorin, southeast coast of India
C. Poppy Mary Vimalabai, RA. Prathiba and P. Sumithra....93
Iron and manganese levels in marine macroalgae from Kerala, southwest coast of
India N. S. Kalesh and S. Muraleedharan Nair....99
Effectiveness of seaweed based bioactive substances against multiple drug
resistant shrimppathogens S. FelixandA. Rajeev....117
Effect of Sargassum polycystum againstacetaminophen induced haematological
and biochemical changes in experimentalrats H. Balaji RaghavendraRao,A. Sathivel and T Devaki ...121
Nutritional studieson Dunalie//asalina (Volvocales,Chlorophyta)under laboratory
conditions .R. Rl1ja,C.Anbazhagan, SenthilSwamy, D. Lakshmi and R. Rengasamy 127
Effect of seaweed extract on the growth and biochemical characteristics of match
factory eff1uel!~treated Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Medikus (Bhendi) seedlings
V.Ramasubramanian, M Sumathi and R. Jeyaprakash 147
Influence of Sargassum sp. crude extract on vegetative growth and biochemical
characteristics in Zea mays and Phaseolus mungo .K. Lingakumar,R. Jeyaprakash,C. ManimuthuandA. Haribaskar 155
Seaweed Liquid Fertilizer (SLF) : Pot culture manurial experiments on bhendi
R. ThirumalThangam,S.Maria VictorialRani andM Peter Marian 161
Comparative studies on the impact of seaweed and seagr.assliquid fertilizer on the
chlorophyll content of Zea mays ..R. Asir Selin Kumar,1. Edwin James andS. Saravana Babu 167
Studies on the effed of seaweed extract on Oryzasativa. L. var. Ambai -16 during
senescence R. Asir Selin Kumar and S.Saravana Babu 171
Effect of seaweed extract on oxidising enzymes during the senescence of Oryza
sativa val'.Ambai - 16. R. Asir Selin Kumar and S. Saravana Babu 177
Bio-fertilizing efficiency of seaweed liquid extract of Hydroclathrus clathratus
on Sorghum vulgare VAshok,N. VijayanandandS. Rathinavel 181
Role of marine macrophytes as feed for green tUrtleCheloniamydas .P. Kannan andM Rajagopalan 187
Integrating seaweeds into coastal aquaculture systems ..K. Ravindranathand K. Madhavi 193

Physico-chemical properties of carrageenans extracted from Sarconemafiliforme
and Hypnea valentiae .T. SylviaAngelin, M Baluswami,MD. Vijaya Parthasarathyand V.Krishnamurthy 197
Employment potential of fisherwomen in the collection and post harvest
operations of seaweedsin India SheelaImmanuel and R. Sathiadhas ....209
Tumoricidal effect of the red alga Acanthophora spicifera on Ehrlich's ascites
carcinoma cells ..Hannah R. Vasanthi, G.V.Rajamanickam, A. Saraswathy and A. Jaswanth......217
Plastid developmentand floridean starch grain formationduring carposporogenesis
in Hypnea valentiae (Turner) Montagne K. Sivakumar......225
SeaweedsofSamianiIsland- IIFamily:Caulerpaceae(Chlorophyta) .
VaibhavA. Mantri, H V.Joshi and S.H Zaidi......231
Effect of different temperature regimes on the chlorophyll a concentration in four
speciesofAntarcticmacroalgae ; V.K Dhargalkar.....237
Studies on L-asparaginase producing streptomycetes associat~dwith seawe"'(!~hf
Cape-Comarin,TamilNadu K Dhevendranand P.K Praseedar......245
Studies on streptomycetes associated with seaweeds of Kovalam Coast, KeralaL
K Dhevendran,R.Shanmugham,A. Jasmine,P.K Praseethaand Y.K.Anithakumary
.....253
Changes in growth and biochemical composition due to crude oil flInt on UJ~a.
lactuca Linnaeus VaishaliS.Ambegaoker, H V.Joshi and D.C. Bhatt.....261
Obituary .......267


Chief Editor
Prof. V. Krishnamurthy
Krishnamurthy Inst. of Algology
C/O Madars Institute of Magnetobiology, 52A, AK Block, 7th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai -600 040