A brown alga, Petalonia binghamiae, from Satsuma-Sendai City, Kagoshima, Japan.
A brown alga, Petalonia binghamiae, from Satsuma-Sendai City, Kagoshima, Japan.
Happy Valentineβs Day!
Gametophytes of Alaria crassifolia (Laminariales) from Hokkaido, Japan.
A green alga, #Caulerpa chemnitzia var. laetevirens, from Kagoshima, Japan.
The characteristic ecophysiology of this #alga is reported at:
doi.org/10.1111/pre....
Terada et al. 2024
A green alga, Caulerpa okamurae, from Tomioka, Reihoku, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
A red #alga, #Martensia jejuensis, from Ei, Kagoshima, Japan.
#algae
A red alga, Chondria lancifolia, from Nagashima Island, Kagoshima, Japan.
Wishing you and yours health, happiness, and success in the new year.
Please take a look at our new study revealing the phylogenetic identity and temperature effects on the photochemical efficiency of the edible green alga βHitoegusaβ (Gayralia spp., referred to as Monostroma nitidum in Japan) from Kagoshima and Okinawa, Japan.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Please take a look at our new review article on the nationwide long-term monitoring program in Japan, βMonitoring-Site 1000,β which summarizes 15 years of surveys (2008β2022) and reveals significant changes in seaweed community structure.
Terada et al. 2026 Phycol Res
doi.org/10.1111/pre....
The red alga, #Campylaephora hypnaeoides from Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
A red alga, #Campylaephora hypnaeoides from Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Celebrating #Kelp Day in Japan
15 November 2025
#Saccharina japonica
#algae
#Phycology
Happy #Halloween!
Colpomenia peregrina
#algae #phycology
#phycologyfriday
Happy World Algae Day!
October 12
Please take a look at our new article on the reassessment of the taxonomic status of Dictyoteae algae from Japan. Congratulations to Dr. Christophe Vieira on this excellent work!
Christophe Vieira et al. 2025.
Journal of Phycology
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.70084
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The long summer break has come to an end, and the fall semester at Kagoshima University began last week. The Marine Botany Lab is offering the Phycology course (1b1212) on Monday mornings for undergraduate students in the Department of Fisheries. Welcome to the fascinating underwater world of algae!
A green alga, Acetabularia ryukyuensis, from Kayo Beach, Okinawa, Japan.
Please take a look at our new article on the effects of desiccation and salinity gradients on the photochemical efficiency of a mesophotic green alga, Ryuguphycus kuaweuweu.
Terada et al. 2025
Phycological Resarch
doi.org/10.1111/pre....
A brown alga, Saccharina japonica, found on Charatsunai Beach in Muroran City, Hokkaido.
A red alga, Gloiopeltis furcata, found on Charatsunai Beach, Muroran city, Hokkaido, Japan.
A brown alga, Myagropsis myagroides, found on Takeno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Kallymenia perforata from Noshima, Nagashima Islands, Kagoshima.
A brown alga, Sporochnus keyari found on Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
A red alga, Dudresnaya kuroshioensis, found on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Islands.
A green alga, Umbraulva amamiensis, found on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Islands.
Fucoid communities @ Nagashima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture
During the oral session held on June 12 at the 13th International Phycological Congress, Dr Ryuta Terada, head of the Marine Botany Lab, presented his recent research on photosynthetic studies of the cultivated red alga Pyropia yezoensis (photo), using a newly developed photon detection device.
Gala Dinner International Phycological Congress 2025 @ Hanann Aloba Beach Resort in Bohol, Philippines.
The 13th International Phycological Congress (IPC2025) is currently being held at Alona Beach Resort in Bohol, Philippines.