Photograph by: Ted Norris
Alaskan Algae
Major Group
** all values **
Chlorophyta
Cyanophyceae
Phaeophyceae
Rhodophyceae
Genus
** all values **
Acrosiphonia
Agarum
Ahnfeltia
Alaria
Analipus
Antithamnion
Antithamnionella
Asterocolax
Boreothamnion
Calliarthron
Callithamnion
Callophyllis
Ceramium
Chordaria
Cirrulicarpus
Cladophora
Clathromorphum
Coccotylus
Codium
Cryptosiphonia
Desmarestia
Dictyosiphon
Ectocarpus
Elachista
Endocladia
Erythrophyllum
Eudesme
Euthora
Farlowia
Fauchea
Fucus
Gigartina
Gracilaria
Halosaccion
Halymenia
Heterochordaria
Heterosiphonia
Hideophyllum
Hollenbergia
Hommersandia
Hymenena
Hypophyllum
Iridaea
Laminaria
Macrocystis
Mastocarpus
Mazzaella
Melanosiphon
Membranoptera
Microcladia
Mikamiella
Monostroma
Nemalion
Neoagardhiella
Neorhodomela
Nereocystis
Nitophyllum
Odonthalia
Palmaria
Petalonia
Petrocelis
Phyllaria
Pilayella
Platythamnion
Pleurophycus
Polyneura
Polysiphonia
Protomonostroma
Pterosiphonia
Punctaria
Ralfsia
Rhodochorton
Rhodomela
Rhodomelaceae
Rhodophyllis
Saundersella
Scagelia
Schizoclaenion
Schizymenia
Scytosiphon
Smithora
Soranthera
Sphacelaria
Sphaerotrichia
Stenogramma
Stictyosiphon
Tayloriella
Thalassiophyllum
Tokidadendron
Tokidaea
Turnerella
Ulva
Ulvaria
Urospora
Weeksia
Species
** all values **
--
abietina
abyssalis
aculeata
albida
aleutica
americanum
angusta
arcta
arctica
arcticum
baileyi
bipinnata
biseriatum
borealis
brodiaei
bullata
callophylloides
chilkatensis
clathrus
codicola
collinsii
columbiana
compactum
congestum
cottonii
cribrosum
crispa
cristata
debilis
delesserioides
densiuscula
dentatum?
dermatodea
dimorpha
divaricata
emarginata
expansa
fascia
fenestrata
filiformis
fistulosa
flabellulata
flagelliformis
floccosa
floccosum
foeniculaceus
fractum
fragile
franciscana
fruticulosa
fryeana
fucicola
fungiformis
fuscum
gardneri
glandiforme
glaucescens
gmelini
gracilis
grevillei
hamata
hecatensis
helminthoides
hendryi
herbacea
heterocarpa
hutchinsiae
hypophyllophila
integrifolia
intermedia
interrupta
intestinalis
japonicus
kamschatica
kondoi
kurilensis
laciniata
lactuca
larix
latissima
lepechini
ligulata
littoralis
lomentaria
longipes
lubrica
luetkeana
lyallii
lycopodioides
marginata
maximacarpa
media
mertensiana
mirabile
mollis
multiramosa
muricata
naiadum
nana
nigricans
obscura
occidentale
oregona
oxyspermum
pacifica
pacificum
papillatus
parvus
pikeanum
plantaginea
plicata
purpureum
pyrifera
racemosa
rhodotrichum
ritteri
rubrum
ruprechtiana
ruprechtianum
ruthenica
saccharina
senticulosa
serrata
setacea
setchellii
siliculosus
simplex
sinicola
snyderae
solidungula
sp.
spinulosa
stimpsonii
subulata
taeniata
tenue
tilesii
tortilis
trichotoma
truncatus
tuberculosum
ulvoidea
uncinatum
undulatum
urceolata
verrucosa
villosum
virescens
viridis
washingtonensis
weeksiae
whidbeyana
woodii
yezoense
zostericola
Subspecies
** all values **
blyttii
comosa
deliquescens
difformis
disticha
fuscum
gardneri
littoralis
pacifica
Collector(s)
** all values **
Boone
Calvin
Clymer
Cobban
Dick
Dick & Schandelmeier
Ellis
Foster
Frye
Gibbons
Gnagy
Gottschalk & Shiels
Grant
Grigg & Riggs
Hall
Hoberg
Jackson
Jones
Keiser
Lebednik
Lindstrom, SC
Mack
Masiak
Matheke
Mattison
Mattson
McRoy
McRoy & Shiels
McRoy & Stoker
Mueller
Mueller & Dick
Mueller & Shiels
Mueller & Vogt
Mueller, Shiels, & McRoy
Muller
Munk
Myren
Rigg & Griggs
Romm
Russell
Santor
Santoro
Schandelmeier
Schandelmeier & Dick
Schandelmeier & Mueller
Shiels
Smith
Tabata
Townsend
Unknown
Williams
Wylie
Wynne
Zellert
Zimmerman
Collector's Number
** all values **
10.55.9
10.56.4
10.60.6
10.60.8
1005a
1009
101
1010
1011
1012
1015
1020
1023
1038
1039
1042
1048
1049
1050
1052
1057
1061
1066
1067
114
117
12.2.3
12.4.11
120
124
136
137
1427
145
150
1502
1504
1515
1519
1520
1525
153
154
158
1590
163
166
167
170
175
176
177
178
180
190
192
203
227
235
236a
249
253
264
289
29
291
316
318
337
338
342
344
345
346
35
358
359
36
365
4
41
424
426
427
429
43
43 D-5
5130
52
53
5423
58
6.22.4
6.23.3
6.30.2
6.31.2
6.36.2
6.38.6
60
62
63
7
73
732
78-A1-09
78-A1-29
80
823
831
848
90
91
950
955
958
959
962
968
969
973
99
AM-400
St. I Cruise 024
St. III
St. IV
St. IV, V
St. IX
St. VII
Station IV
Station VII
T1 M 43
T1 M 90
T1 M10
T1 M43
T2 M 92
T2 M75
Trl M20
V6 30 3
V6-24-3
c-24
station 3
tr 2 M30
Site Name
** all values **
Abercrombie
Adak Island
Aga Cove
Akun Island
Alyeska Terminal
Anchor Cove
Anchor Point
Anderson Bay
Anderson Breakwater
Augustine Bay
Baby Bear Bay
Baird Island
Barrier Islands
Bartlett Cove
Bartlett Point
Bear Bay
Berners Bay
Bird Cape
Blank Islands
Brothers, The
Buck Island
Buldir Island
Bull Seal Point
Buskin Beach
Caines Head
Cape Alitat
Cape Espenberg
Cape Lupin
Cape Nome
Cape Nukshak
Cape Peirce
Cape St. Elias
Cape Suspiro
Cape Thompson
Cape Woolley
Cape Yakataga
Casco Cove
Chiniak Bay
Chinitna Bay
Chirikof Island
Cold Bay
Cove Point
Crow Island
Crozian Island
Danger Point
Day Harbor
Deep Bay
Deering
Dixon Harbor
Eagle Creek
Eagle River
Echo Cove
Eider Point
Elrington Island
Exchange Cove
Finger Bay
Gambier Bay
Gibson Cove
Glory of Russia Cape
Goldi Island
Golovin Bay
Goose Cove
Gravina Island
Green Cove
Green Island
Guide Island
Halibut Point
Harbor Point
Hazen Bay
Heceta Island
Hesketh Island
Hidden Bay
Homer
Homer Spit
Horse Island
Hunter Bay
Icy Bay
Island Flats
Islas Bay
Izembek Lagoon
Jackson Point
Jewell Beach
Kagen Cove
Kaguyak Island
Kalsin Bay
Kashevarof Islands
Katalla
Kayak Island
Keku Islets
Kinzarof Lagoon
Kiska Harbor
Kodiak
Kodiak Island
Kuluk Bay
Kuluk Rocks
La Chaussee Spit
LaTouche Point
Lagoon Island
Landlocked Bay
Lemesurier Island
Lemesurier Island, NE
Long Island
Lowell Point
MacLeod Harbor
Marmion Island
Mayflower Beach
Menefee Anchorage
Mexico Point
Middle Island
Middle Rock
Mill Bay
Miller Point
Mineral Creek
Mission Beach
Monashka Bay
Monaska Bay
Montague Strait
Morris Reef
Mountain Point
Mukushin Bay
Murphy Cove
Nanvak Bay
Near Island
Neva Island
Nikishka Bay Beach
Nunatak Cove
Otter Island
Ouzinkie
Paramanof Bay
Patton Cove
Pirates Cove
Plateau Glacier
Point Barrow
Point Bridget
Point Higgins
Point Higgins, South
Point Hope
Point Louisa
Point Naskowhak
Popof Island
Port Etches
Port Krestof
Port Valdez
Povorotni Point
Ratz Harbor
Resurrection Bay
Rockwell Island
Rocky Point
Rush Point
Safety Lagoon
Salt Chuck
Salt Chuck, GBNP
San Lorenzo Island
Santa Flavia Bay
Saw Island
Sawmill & Anchor Creek
Sawmill Bay
Sawmill Creek
Sawmill Spit
Seal Rocks
Sealers Island
Sebree Cove
Seldovia
Sennet Point
Seward
Shaiak Island
Shaman Island
Sheep Creek
Shipley Bay
Sholin Island
Shrine Island
Siginaka Islands
Sitka
Skull Cliff
Slocum Arm
Small Island
Smith Island
Smooth Channel
Smuggler Cove
Snipe Bay
Spruce Cape
St. George Island
St. Makarius Point
St. Paul Island
Starrigavan Bay
Sud Island
Sunday Harbor
Sundstrom Island
Sunny Cove
Taku Harbor
Tatitlek Narrows
Taylor Bay
Three Entrance Bay
Three Saints Bay
Tongass Island
Tonsina Point
Ugaiushak Island
Ulak island
Unalaska
Unknown
Valdez
Vallenar Rock
Vanderbilt Reef
Whale Island
Whitney Island
Winfred Island
Winifred Island
Yakataga
Young Island
Zaikof Bay
Zaikof Point
Zapadni Point
Region
** all values **
Alaska Peninsula
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea-general
Cook Inlet
Far Aleutian Islands
Kenai Fjords
Kodiak Islands
Near Aleutian Islands
Prince William Sound
Southeast Alaska
Unknown
Yakutat foreshore
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