Elucidation of calcareous algal species diversity and distribution patterns of the Indo-Pacific: evaluation of the environmental effects

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As the Pacific and Indian Oceans are the main target areas of the research project, extensive algal sample collections and field surveys for seawater quality were carried out at the coasts of Japan (Kanagawa, Chiba, Okinawa I., Ishigaki I., Iriomote I., Taketomi I., Kagoshima, Tanegashima), Indonesia, Singapore, and Myanmar. The collected algal samples and environmental data are now under analysis. According to the current data, species found in Japan are appeared to be confined only to Japan, which are different from the species distributed in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific transition zone.A research paper describing two new species of brown algal genus Dictyota from Myanmar and Japan has been submitted to the international journal "Phycologia" and it is now under review.