Links to marine plant sites

piercho · 06/30/2004, 05:05 PM

Hows about we start a thread of links to marine plant articles and information, applicable to reef/lagoon/seagrass tanks, that can be found on-line? Maybe Bill will sticky it and we can add new stuff as we find it. Here are a few basic sites I know of:
Smithsonian (Fort Pierce) Seagrass Habitat Page Be sure to follow the links to seagrass specie descriptions at the bottom of the page. Also has an extensive bibliography. Very good seagrass site.
Smithsonian (Fort Pierce) Mangrove Habitat Page
U of Ireland Seaweed Site Home of a searchable algaebase for seaweeds.
One more, pretty academic, but very interesting from the perspective of cultivating macroalgaes to absorb primary nutrients: Nitrogen-vs phosphorous limited growth and sources of nutrients for coral reef macroalgae

kmk2307 · 06/30/2004, 08:44 PM

Great Idea! I have a few in my favorites I can share.

Algal communities on the atolls

Marine Plants (class lecture notes)

Algae Eating Animals

Photos of Algae (site not in English)

Information on Pressing Algae and a Key to Some Australian Algae

Algae, A phycology textbook by Graham and Wilcox

Seaweed Site

Hawaii Coral Reef Network algae information

Reef Algae Home Page

Pest Flatworm algae (a species of Tetraselmis)

Freakin
Fucus -- Guide To Seaweeds
and Phycology

The Journal of Phycology

Hawaiian class=SpellE>Rhodophyta Key

French,
information on a few "algues"

South Pacific Reef Plants
(a book on pacific marine algae)

UTEX (Purchase cultures of
algae)

PHYCOLOGY LINKS

Marine Botany at Hopkins Marine
Station

mesocosm · 07/03/2004, 06:26 AM

Definitely a great idea ...
Apologies for any redundancy with kmk2307's excellent list.

(General Classification)
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/default.htm

(General Classification)
http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/bota...mark/index.htm

(General Classification)
http://www.algaebase.org/

(Coralline Alga Classification)
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/clines/

(General Classification)
http://www.biology.plymouth.ac.uk/Re...Phycology.html

(General Classification)
http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/algae/algae.html

(One of John Rice's picture pages with Macroalgae Links)
http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/a...ae_gallery.htm

mellen · 07/07/2004, 09:17 PM

http://www.algaebase.org

Thanks, piercho! Ya beat me to my favorite link! Not trying to be redundant, but this fun one needs broadband for thumbnail gallery...

a neat way to I.D. hitchhiker algaes.

piercho · 07/14/2004, 09:14 PM

Pics of common tank algaes and somebody's opinion on what common tank herbivores eat: The Saltcorner algae page

reefy_joe · 08/14/2004, 10:40 PM

Some notes on mangrove culture:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mangrovetrees.htm
http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/m...e/q&a_ken1.htm

piercho · 11/29/2004, 04:51 PM

A list of marine plants by scientific name, most with a picture of the specie, and notes where it is found in the wild: Summary of the French Polynesian algal communities

ergert · 12/21/2004, 06:01 PM

can you buy anything at any of these places?

bashduo · 01/07/2005, 05:28 PM

We have Chaetomorpha if interested... send a PM

dlemons1 · 08/07/2005, 08:15 PM

bump

Plantbrain · 09/02/2005, 09:33 PM

www.BarrReport.com will be addressing Marine plants as the FW portion is done.

I'd originally considered doing each section with inclusion iof Marine plants but have since rethought this.

I feel marine plants deserve their own seperate articles and rightly so, all the coral and FW plant snobbery has chapped my hide.

I will be holding the first marine planted tank contest next year also.

Regards,
Tom Barr

Stinekraus · 11/18/2005, 05:48 PM

If you keep checking the for sale here there is always some avail.

piercho · 11/30/2005, 03:22 PM

This link has many seagrass-related scientific papers and was pointed out by RC member Mark: SEAGRASS MANAGEMENT: IT'S NOT JUST NUTRIENTS! Proceedings of a Symposium August 22Ã¢â‚¬â€œ24, 2000

piercho · 08/22/2006, 05:02 PM

A weblog of a marine planted tank: The Sea Nursery Also, marine plant links and some marine plants for sale.

T Man · 08/23/2006, 06:28 PM

This is a great thread! I'm impressed with the links, I have been looking outside for something that was here all the time.........Reef Central Rules!!! Thanks Guys and Gals for the info.TinMan

3D-Reef · 09/29/2006, 10:22 PM

Here is an other one.the Algae page

piercho · 11/21/2006, 07:00 AM

Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP) A valuable phyto culture website located by graveyardworm (Dave).
F/2 culture medium constituents
Culturing method
CCMP Mission
These guys also sell cultures and have a larger variety than Florida Aqua Farms, but I don't know if they want to deal with private individuals.

piercho · 11/22/2006, 10:02 AM

Florida Aqua Farms. Why link a vendor in marine plant information link thread? FAF publishes Hoff and Snell's Plankton Culture Manual While you can find quite a bit of information on plankton culture on the internet, the culture manual is a very good resource, IMO, and this is where you can get it. Details culture methods for phytoplankton, including hobby-scale techniques. Also information on culture of several types of Zooplankton and live zooplankton substitute.

mrobbtx · 11/22/2006, 10:03 PM

I have some GRACILARIA TIKVAHIAE if your looking. PM me.

as for my current algae info links:

http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Gracil_tikvah.ht

http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/index.htm

http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g.../algaepage.htm

Good list of books and articals on many atlantic marine species

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/algae/biblio.htm

SuperNerd · 12/21/2006, 04:21 PM

bump

3D-Reef · 01/08/2007, 06:16 PM

This is a good one...

surialink.com

piercho · 03/22/2007, 05:21 PM

From the Kribb: POOR MAN'S DOSING DROPS Practical information on making and dosing your own nutrient dosing formula. Includes some phone numbers and addresses of businesses that you can get ingrediants like potassium nitrate or trace mix from.

reefgrief · 04/18/2007, 06:38 AM

Thanks for the links to the algae page and others. Nice to be able to Id my three or 4 algae.

I have good luck with cheato, and Calerpa prolifera.. and might trade for other genera like the reds or browns if anyone cares

piercho · 12/02/2007, 11:16 AM

Comparative pictures of vegetative and sexual stages of some green algae: The Phenology of sexual reproduction by tropical green seaweeds (Bryopsidales)

piercho · 04/02/2008, 05:19 PM

Diazotrophyand diversity of benthic cyanobacteria in tropical coastal zones; Karolina Bauer; Mats formed primarily of cyanobacteria are not uncommon in reef tanks. There is a lot of information within this thesis about these mats and the cyanobacteria that make them. ALSO: Some information about the current taxonomy of cyano (Order/Family/Genus); explanation of N2 fixing in cyanos; the formation of Heterocysts (specialized N2 fixing cells); N2 fixing not involving Heterocysts; diel cycles and N2 fixing...IOW a lot of info on how cyanos can fix nitrogen and how it's related to mat building in marine environments.

06/30/2004, 05:05 PM	#1
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	Links to marine plant sites Hows about we start a thread of links to marine plant articles and information, applicable to reef/lagoon/seagrass tanks, that can be found on-line? Maybe Bill will sticky it and we can add new stuff as we find it. Here are a few basic sites I know of: Smithsonian (Fort Pierce) Seagrass Habitat Page Be sure to follow the links to seagrass specie descriptions at the bottom of the page. Also has an extensive bibliography. Very good seagrass site. Smithsonian (Fort Pierce) Mangrove Habitat Page U of Ireland Seaweed Site Home of a searchable algaebase for seaweeds. One more, pretty academic, but very interesting from the perspective of cultivating macroalgaes to absorb primary nutrients: Nitrogen-vs phosphorous limited growth and sources of nutrients for coral reef macroalgae __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

07/03/2004, 06:26 AM	#3
mesocosm ZeoHeretic Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 595	Definitely a great idea ... Apologies for any redundancy with kmk2307's excellent list. (General Classification) http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/default.htm (General Classification) http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/bota...mark/index.htm (General Classification) http://www.algaebase.org/ (Coralline Alga Classification) http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/clines/ (General Classification) http://www.biology.plymouth.ac.uk/Re...Phycology.html (General Classification) http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/algae/algae.html (One of John Rice's picture pages with Macroalgae Links) http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/a...ae_gallery.htm __________________ Gary White Husbandry Technician, Sea Dwelling Creatures

07/07/2004, 09:17 PM	#4
mellen Premium Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 361	National University of Ireland/algae database... http://www.algaebase.org Thanks, piercho! Ya beat me to my favorite link! Not trying to be redundant, but this fun one needs broadband for thumbnail gallery...a neat way to I.D. hitchhiker algaes.

07/14/2004, 09:14 PM	#5
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	Pics of common tank algaes and somebody's opinion on what common tank herbivores eat: The Saltcorner algae page __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

11/29/2004, 04:51 PM	#7
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	A list of marine plants by scientific name, most with a picture of the specie, and notes where it is found in the wild: Summary of the French Polynesian algal communities __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

06/30/2004, 08:44 PM	#2
kmk2307 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 5,110	Great Idea! I have a few in my favorites I can share. Algal communities on the atolls Marine Plants (class lecture notes) Algae Eating Animals Photos of Algae (site not in English) Information on Pressing Algae and a Key to Some Australian Algae Algae, A phycology textbook by Graham and Wilcox Seaweed Site Hawaii Coral Reef Network algae information Reef Algae Home Page Pest Flatworm algae (a species of Tetraselmis) Freakin Fucus -- Guide To Seaweeds and Phycology The Journal of Phycology Hawaiian class=SpellE>Rhodophyta Key French, information on a few "algues" South Pacific Reef Plants (a book on pacific marine algae) UTEX (Purchase cultures of algae) PHYCOLOGY LINKS Marine Botany at Hopkins Marine Station

08/14/2004, 10:40 PM	#6
reefy_joe Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: S. Florida Posts: 26	Some notes on mangrove culture: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mangrovetrees.htm http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/m...e/q&a_ken1.htm

12/21/2004, 06:01 PM	#8
ergert Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 108	can you buy anything at any of these places?

01/07/2005, 05:28 PM	#9
bashduo Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio Posts: 178	We have Chaetomorpha if interested... send a PM

08/07/2005, 08:15 PM	#10
dlemons1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 106	bump

09/02/2005, 09:33 PM	#11
Plantbrain Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: The swamp Posts: 997	www.BarrReport.com will be addressing Marine plants as the FW portion is done. I'd originally considered doing each section with inclusion iof Marine plants but have since rethought this. I feel marine plants deserve their own seperate articles and rightly so, all the coral and FW plant snobbery has chapped my hide. I will be holding the first marine planted tank contest next year also. Regards, Tom Barr

11/18/2005, 05:48 PM	#12
Stinekraus Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South Carolina (Midlands) Posts: 49	If you keep checking the for sale here there is always some avail. __________________ Madeline Current Tank Info: 125g & 75g, ASM-2, 55g & 20g sump/refuge,(3) 250w mh, 660 Icecap 4 (48" VHO) and 46g, HOB remora, 10g sump/refuge, 2(96w PC) CSL, 10g QT, 5g Hospital.

11/30/2005, 03:22 PM	#13
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	This link has many seagrass-related scientific papers and was pointed out by RC member Mark: SEAGRASS MANAGEMENT: IT'S NOT JUST NUTRIENTS! Proceedings of a Symposium August 22Ã¢â‚¬â€œ24, 2000 __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

08/22/2006, 05:02 PM	#14
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	A weblog of a marine planted tank: The Sea Nursery Also, marine plant links and some marine plants for sale. __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

08/23/2006, 06:28 PM	#15
T Man ~PPPPPPP~ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Emerald City Posts: 1,045	This is a great thread! I'm impressed with the links, I have been looking outside for something that was here all the time.........Reef Central Rules!!! Thanks Guys and Gals for the info.TinMan __________________ He that can have patience can have what he will. ~ Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: click the "TzFuture" folder in my profile

09/29/2006, 10:22 PM	#16
3D-Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 602	Here is an other one.the Algae page

11/21/2006, 07:00 AM	#17
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	Marine phytoplankton culture Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP) A valuable phyto culture website located by graveyardworm (Dave). F/2 culture medium constituents Culturing method CCMP Mission These guys also sell cultures and have a larger variety than Florida Aqua Farms, but I don't know if they want to deal with private individuals. __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

11/22/2006, 10:02 AM	#18
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	Plankton Culture Florida Aqua Farms. Why link a vendor in marine plant information link thread? FAF publishes Hoff and Snell's Plankton Culture Manual While you can find quite a bit of information on plankton culture on the internet, the culture manual is a very good resource, IMO, and this is where you can get it. Details culture methods for phytoplankton, including hobby-scale techniques. Also information on culture of several types of Zooplankton and live zooplankton substitute. __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

11/22/2006, 10:03 PM	#19
mrobbtx Moved On Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: texas Posts: 27	I have some GRACILARIA TIKVAHIAE if your looking. PM me. as for my current algae info links: http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Gracil_tikvah.ht http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/index.htm http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g.../algaepage.htm Good list of books and articals on many atlantic marine species http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/algae/biblio.htm

12/21/2006, 04:21 PM	#20
SuperNerd Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: SoCal/Left Side- USA Posts: 4,572	bump __________________ I said fraggit! Current Tank Info: M-728 Combat Engineer (based on M60 hull). M-3 Lee Medium (British version with squatter).

01/08/2007, 06:16 PM	#21
3D-Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 602	This is a good one... surialink.com __________________ Seagrass,Mother nature's way of organic carbon dosing. "Nitrification is controlled primarily by 02 and nitrogen as ammonium supply, while denitrification is controlled by nitrate and organic carbon supply" Seagrasses 2006 Life on earth depends on plants-without plants,no life.Alf Jacob Nilsen Current Tank Info: 125 DT,135 grass fuge/sump;75g seagrass/seahorse tank 70 fuge/sump

03/22/2007, 05:21 PM	#22
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	How to get constituents of and use dosing formula From the Kribb: POOR MAN'S DOSING DROPS Practical information on making and dosing your own nutrient dosing formula. Includes some phone numbers and addresses of businesses that you can get ingrediants like potassium nitrate or trace mix from. __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

04/18/2007, 06:38 AM	#23
reefgrief Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hamilton, Ohio Posts: 80	Thanks for the links to the algae page and others. Nice to be able to Id my three or 4 algae. I have good luck with cheato, and Calerpa prolifera.. and might trade for other genera like the reds or browns if anyone cares __________________ hmmm.. I should've unplugged that pump before I moved the hose :( Current Tank Info: 150g reef

12/02/2007, 11:16 AM	#24
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	Comparative pictures of vegetative and sexual stages of some green algae: The Phenology of sexual reproduction by tropical green seaweeds (Bryopsidales) __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.

04/02/2008, 05:19 PM	#25
piercho Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 2,194	Diazotrophyand diversity of benthic cyanobacteria in tropical coastal zones; Karolina Bauer; Mats formed primarily of cyanobacteria are not uncommon in reef tanks. There is a lot of information within this thesis about these mats and the cyanobacteria that make them. ALSO: Some information about the current taxonomy of cyano (Order/Family/Genus); explanation of N2 fixing in cyanos; the formation of Heterocysts (specialized N2 fixing cells); N2 fixing not involving Heterocysts; diel cycles and N2 fixing...IOW a lot of info on how cyanos can fix nitrogen and how it's related to mat building in marine environments. __________________ Howard Current Tank Info: 65G reef shut down 2007. 25G planted.