A biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis

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dc.contributor.advisorCoyne, Vernonen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorRafudeen, Suhailen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBoom, Tarynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-26T14:12:32Z
dc.date.available2014-12-26T14:12:32Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractGracilaria gracilis is a commercially important alga, previously harvested from the wild South African population in Saldanha Bay as a feed for marine organisms and as a source of commercially important agar. Since 1974 however, a number of sporadic population collapses has lead to the destruction of this once flourishing resource. After numerous failed attempts at re-establishing this industry, the need to develop an alternative farming strategy became evident. In order to devise such a solution, a better understanding of the tolerances and responses of this alga to the environmental parameters responsible for the downfall of the population is required. Although the exact reasons remain unclear, Jaffray et al., 1997 have reported that increased water temperature in Saldanha Bay may be a contributing factor as the population collapses have repeatedly occurred during summer months. Thus the effect of heat stress on G. gracilis has been selected for this study.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBoom, T. (2012). <i>A biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10105en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBoom, Taryn. <i>"A biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10105en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBoom, T. 2012. A biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Boom, Taryn AB - Gracilaria gracilis is a commercially important alga, previously harvested from the wild South African population in Saldanha Bay as a feed for marine organisms and as a source of commercially important agar. Since 1974 however, a number of sporadic population collapses has lead to the destruction of this once flourishing resource. After numerous failed attempts at re-establishing this industry, the need to develop an alternative farming strategy became evident. In order to devise such a solution, a better understanding of the tolerances and responses of this alga to the environmental parameters responsible for the downfall of the population is required. Although the exact reasons remain unclear, Jaffray et al., 1997 have reported that increased water temperature in Saldanha Bay may be a contributing factor as the population collapses have repeatedly occurred during summer months. Thus the effect of heat stress on G. gracilis has been selected for this study. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - A biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis TI - A biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10105 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10105
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBoom T. A biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10105en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCell Biologyen_ZA
dc.titleA biological study of the cellular response to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilisen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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