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:
[url=http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Seagrass_Habitat.htm]Smithsonian (Fort Pierce) Seagrass Habitat Page[/URL] 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.
[url=http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Mangroves.htm]Smithsonian (Fort Pierce) Mangrove Habitat Page[/URL]
[url=http://www.seaweed.ie/defaultfriday.html]U of Ireland Seaweed Site[/URL] Home of a searchable algaebase for seaweeds.
One more, pretty academic, but very interesting from the perspective of cultivating macroalgaes to absorb primary nutrients: [url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/Bot482/Kaneohe%20Bay%20algae%20N-P%20Larned%20Mar%20Biol.pdf]Nitrogen-vs phosphorous limited growth and sources of nutrients for coral reef macroalgae[/URL]

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

<a href="http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atollpol/commatoll/ukalgato.htm">Algal communities on the atolls</a>

<a href="http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/klenk/Algae.htm">Marine Plants (class lecture notes)</a>

<a href="http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/s_fossa_053198.html">Algae Eating Animals</a>

<a href="http://www.horta.uac.pt/species/Algae/">Photos of Algae (site not in English)</a>

<a href="http://www.mesa.edu.au/cams/pdf/algae.pdf">Information on Pressing Algae and a Key to Some Australian Algae</a>

<a href="http://www.botany.wisc.edu/cryptogams/graham/algae1.html">Algae, <span class=GramE>A</span> <span class=SpellE>phycology</span> textbook by Graham and Wilcox</a>

<a href="http://www.seaweed.ie/defaultwednesday.html">Seaweed Site</a>

<a href="http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/marlife/seaweeds/seaweeds.htm">Hawaii Coral Reef Network algae information</a>

<a href="http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/">Reef Algae Home Page</a>

<a href="http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/homepage/c719/c719135/Akesson-Gschwentner-2001.pdf">Pest Flatworm algae (a species of <span class=SpellE>Tetraselmis</span>)</a>

<a href="http://www.freakinfucus.co.uk/index.htm"><span class=SpellE>Freakin</span>
<span class=SpellE>Fucus</span> -- Guide <span class=GramE>To</span> Seaweeds
and <span class=SpellE>Phycology</span></a>

<a href="http://www.jphycol.org/">The Journal of <span class=SpellE>Phycology</span></a>

<a href="http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/ReefAlgae/Redskey.htm">Hawaiian <span
class=SpellE>Rhodophyta</span> Key</a>

<a href="http://users.skynet.be/ThomasD/article/alguesvert.htm">French,
information on a few &quot;<span class=SpellE>algues</span>&quot;</a>

<a href="http://offshoregraphics.biz/Prp/Pac-Reef.htm">South Pacific Reef Plants
(a book on pacific marine algae)</a>

<a href="http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/utex/">UTEX (Purchase cultures of
algae)</a>

<a href="http://www.il-st-acad-sci.org/phycology.html">PHYCOLOGY LINKS</a>

<a href="http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/">Marine Botany at Hopkins Marine
Station</a>

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

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

(General Classification)
[url]http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/reds/mark/index.htm[/url]

(General Classification)
[url]http://www.algaebase.org/[/url]

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

(General Classification)
[url]http://www.biology.plymouth.ac.uk/Research/Phycology.html[/url]

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

(One of John Rice's picture pages with Macroalgae Links)
[url]http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/algae_page/algae_gallery.htm[/url]

National University of Ireland/algae database...
 

[url]http://www.algaebase.org[/url]

Thanks, piercho! Ya beat me to my favorite link! Not trying to be redundant, but this fun one needs broadband for thumbnail gallery...:cool:a neat way to I.D. hitchhiker algaes.

Pics of common tank algaes and somebody's opinion on what common tank herbivores eat: [url=http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/algaepage.htm]The Saltcorner algae page[/URL]

Some notes on mangrove culture:

[url]http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mangrovetrees.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/mangrove/q&a_ken1.htm[/url]

A list of marine plants by scientific name, most with a picture of the specie, and notes where it is found in the wild: [url=http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/IRD/atollpol/ecorecat/ukalgesp.htm]Summary of the French Polynesian algal communities [/URL]

can you buy anything at any of these places?

We have Chaetomorpha if interested... send a PM

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[url]www.BarrReport.com[/url] 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

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

This link has many seagrass-related scientific papers and was pointed out by RC member Mark: [url=http://www.tbeptech.org/SeagrassProceedgs/a-TableofContents/tablecontents.htm]SEAGRASS MANAGEMENT: IT'S NOT JUST NUTRIENTS! Proceedings of a Symposium August 22–24, 2000[/URL]

A weblog of a marine planted tank: [url=http://seanursery.com/]The Sea Nursery[/URL] Also, marine plant links and some marine plants for sale.

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

Here is an other one.[url=www.saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/algaepage.htm]the Algae page[/URL]

Marine phytoplankton culture
 

[url=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/future/hmenuz.php?daurl=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/future/Contact_Information.html]Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP) [/URL] A valuable phyto culture website located by graveyardworm (Dave).
[url=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/future/hmenuz.php?daurl=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/CI/f2_family.html]F/2 culture medium constituents[/URL]
[url=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/future/hmenuz.php?daurl=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/future/Culturing_Information.html]Culturing method[/URL]
[url=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/future/hmenuz.php?daurl=http://ccmp.bigelow.org/future/frontdoor.html]CCMP Mission[/URL]
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.

Plankton Culture
 

[url=https://3kserver7.com/~frank/secure/agora.cgi]Florida Aqua Farms.[/URL] Why link a vendor in marine plant information link thread? FAF publishes Hoff and Snell's [url=https://3kserver7.com/~frank/secure/agora.cgi?cart_id=3521297.31418*2i48R2&product=BOOKS_MANUALS]Plankton Culture Manual[/URL] 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.

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

as for my current algae info links:

[url]http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/Gracil_tikvah.ht[/url]

[url]http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/index.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/guest/algaepage/algaepage.htm[/url]

Good list of books and articals on many atlantic marine species

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

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This is a good one...

[url=surialink.com/HANDBOOK/INDEX.ASP]surialink.com[/URL]

How to get constituents of and use dosing formula
 

From the Kribb: [url=http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Fertilizer/pmdd-tim.html]POOR MAN'S DOSING DROPS[/URL] 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.

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 :)

Comparative pictures of vegetative and sexual stages of some green algae: [url=http://www.lclark.edu/~clifton/fert.htm]The Phenology of sexual reproduction by tropical green seaweeds (Bryopsidales)[/URL]