New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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The mucilage-producing Phaeocystis pouchetii (Prymnesiophyceae), cultured from the 1981 "Tasman Bay slime'

F. H. CHANG

New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Division of Marine and Freshwater Science Department of Scientific and Industrial Research P.O. Box 12-346 Wellington North, New Zealand

Abstract The mucilage-producing colonial form of Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot) Lagerheim is recorded in New Zealand for the first time. These non-motile colonies have been cultured from the 1981 "Tasman Bay slime" in filtered seawater medium enriched with soil extract and vitamins. Massive occurrence of the mucilage-producing Phaeocystis colonies in association with other phytoplankton is suggested to be the cause of the "Tasman Bay slime" outburst in spring 1981.

Keywords Tasman Bay; Phaeocystis pouchetii; Prymnesiophyceae; colonies; mucus; algal blooms; culture media; cultures.

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1983, Vol. 17 : 165-168 0028-8330/83/1702-0165$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1983 Received 18 June 1982

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