Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- OPENING REMARKS -- Part I. Strategies of growth and reproduction -- PHYSIOLOGY OF CARBON FIXATION IN BENTHIC MARINE ALGAE -- SEASONAL PATTERNS OF CARBON ASSIMILATION AND UTILIZATION BY KELPS -- ENGELMANN'S THEORY: THE COMPELLING LOGIC -- SEASONALITY IN LARGER BROWN ALGAE AND ITS POSSIBLE REGULATION BY THE ENVIRONMENT -- Part II. Nutrition and culture -- INORGANIC NUTRITION OF MARINE MACRO-ALGAE IN CULTURE -- NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND GROWTH IN TOE IAMINARIALES AND OTHER MACROPHYTES: A CONSIDERATION OF METHODS -- NITROGEN NUTRITION OF MACROCYSTIS -- UPTAKE OF INORGANIC IONS AND THEIR LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORT IN FUCALES AND LAMINARIALES -- TRANSLOCATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN LAMINARIALES -- Part III. Marine macrophytes in coastal ecosystems -- THE REGULATION OF MACROAIGAL ASSOCIATIONS IN KELP FORESTS -- ROLES FOR DETRITUS IN COMPLEMENTING PRODUCTIVITY OF COASTAL SYSTEMS -- DEGRADATION OF THE KELPS MACROCYSTIS INTEGRIFOLIA AND NEREOCYSTIS LUETKEANA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA COASTAL WATERS -- Part IV. Polysaccharides, kelp farming and harvest -- TOWARD IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS AND STORAGE IN MARINE ADSAE -- FARMING MACROCYSTIS AT COASTAL AND OCEANIC SITES -- MACROCYSTIS HARVEST STRATEGY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA -- SUBJECT INDEX -- Backmatter