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No. 25 -------------------------------------- February 1999

From the Editor

There is news of another splendid coralline reference book this time. Bill Woelkerling, Denis Lamy and various collaborators have published a massive volume on the Paris Muséum, details are given below. 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS TO CORALLINE NEWS 26 BY 31 AUGUST 1999 PLEASE


Publications

1] Adey, W.H. 1998. Coral reefs: Algal structured and mediated ecosystems in shallow, turbulent, alkaline waters (Review). Journal of Phycology 34: 393-406. 
2] Bailey, J.C. & Chapman, R.L. 1998. A phylogenetic study of the Corallinales (Rhodophyta)  based on nuclear small-subunit rRNA gene sequences. Journal of Phycology 34: 692-705.
3] Bassi, D. 1997. Vegetative anatomy and palaeoecology of Polystrata alba (PFENDER) DENIZOT, 1968 (Cryptonemiales, Peyssonneliaceae) from the Upper Eocene of northern Italy. Revue Paléobiologique, Genève 16: 309-320.
4] Cabioch, J. & Mendoza, M.L. 1998. Mesophyllum alternans (Foslie) comb. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), a mediterraneo-atlantic species, and new considerations on the Lithothamnion philippii Foslie complex. Phycologia 37: 208-221.
5] Coppejans, E. (King, R. collaborator) 1995. Flore Algologique des côtes du Nord de la France et de la Belgique. Meise, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique. pp.454. Corallinales pp.360-368.
6] Daume, S., Brand, S. & Woelkerling, Wm J. 1997. Effects of post-larval abalone (Haliotis rubra) grazing on the epiphytic diatom assemblage of coralline red algae. Molluscan Research 18: 119-130.
7] Moura, C.W.N , Kraus, J.E. & Cordeiro-Marino, M. 1997. Metodologia para obtenaçáo de cortes histològicos com historresina e coloraçao com azul de toluidina o para algas coralinàceas (Rhodophyta, Corallinales). Hoehnea 24(2): 17-27.
8] Rivera, M.G., Riosmena-Rodriguez, R. & Foster, M.S. 1998. Preliminary observations on age and growth in Lithothamnion crassiusculum, a rhodolith-forming species in the Gulf of California. Journal of Phycology 34 (Supplement, Abstracts): 50.
9] Scott, J.L., Broadwater, S.T. & Murray, S.N. 1998. Is the “spore wall” of coralline red algae a “calcium deposition matrix”? Journal of Phycology 34 (Supplement, Abstracts): 53.
10] Shepherd, S.A. 1996.  Ecology and survival of juvenile abalone in a crustose coralline habitat in South Australia. Proceedings of an International Workshop, Yokohama, Japan, 11-14 October 1994: 297-313.
11] Steller, D. 1998. Coralline algal reefs: community dynamics structured by substrate or structure? Journal of Phycology 34 (Supplement, Abstracts): 57.
12] Woelkerling, Wm J., Lawson, G.W., Price, J.H., John, D.M. & Prud’homme van Reine, W.F. 1998. Seaweeds of the western coast of tropical Africa and adjacent islands: a critical assessment. IV. Rhodophyta (Florideae) 6. Genera [Q] R-Z, and an update of current names for non-geniculate Corallinales. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Botany), 28:115-150.
13] Yabur-Pacheco, R & Riosmena-Rodriguez, R. 1998. Rhodolith growth forms in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Phycology 34 (Supplement, Abstracts): 65.


New Book

THE PARIS MUSÉUM

The following superb book was published in December 1998:

 Non-geniculate Coralline Red Algae and the Paris Muséum: Systematics and Scientific History.

William J. Woelkerling and Denis Lamy

With contributions by Michéle Dumont & Bruno de Reviers

Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, /A.D.A.C., Paris

 This publication is available from Universal Book Services, Dr W.Backhuys,

PO Box 321, NL-2300 AH Leiden The Netherlands

Fax:[31] (71) 517 02 08; e-mail backhuys@euronet.nl

The 767 pages of this book comprise sections on the history of the Paris collections and the scientists concerned with their collection and/or curation, portraits of many of the individuals are included; a section on the recently re-discovered Lamarck specimens; a full list of all the type collections of non-geniculate corallines; and photographs of all the types with their labels.

The book is perhaps unique in algal herbarium tomes, many published by Bill Woelkerling himself, in the inclusion of personal histories. It conveys the atmosphere of a world-famous museum as well as carefully documented information of inestimable value to taxonomists and is written with affection as well as rigorous accuracy. I hope it will soon appear on bookshelves throughout the world.

 

New Combinations
(the number refers to the reference list above)
4. Mesophyllum alternans (Foslie) Cabioch & Mendoza comb. nov. 1998:209.

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