{"id":942,"date":"2017-11-08T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/?page_id=942"},"modified":"2023-04-25T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T11:20:08","slug":"about-mslw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/?page_id=942","title":{"rendered":"About MSLW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 70px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:-30px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:160;line-height:1.1;\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"44\">About &#8216;My Seaweed Looks Weird&#8217;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\u00a0<\/div><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Diseased algae have always been around, but finding one of them in the wild is mostly a chance encounter. Often, the eye of beach-walkers is drawn by seaweeds with an unusual aspect (deformed growth, discolouration, galls, holes or rot symptoms, etc\u2026), but such encounters usually go unreported. \u201cMy seaweed looks weird\u201d was a platform developed during the GlobalSeaweedSTAR programme that would allow anyone to contribute weird-, or sad-looking seaweeds to accelerate research. With the marine environment undergoing very rapid changes worldwide, and in particular cultivation growing rapidly, we aimed to gather a baseline of what diseases occur where, both in the wild and in seaweed farms, in order to be able to detect and monitor any changes.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim was to accelerate the description of algal diseases worldwide, by screening samples submitted by scientists, seaweed professionals or members of the public. We used the data to identify and map diseases, as well as describe novel or emerging issues. Many of the results of this work are or will be available for free, through Open Access publications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We have provided here a few examples of the many types of diseases that affect seaweeds globally. We have really appreciated all the seaweed samples and photographs that have been sent to us over the last 4 years and hope that future funding will be secured to support the continuation of this portal or others like it.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 30px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-zoomin\" style=\"border-radius:2px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/case1-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[a45d0d6803a7dbe4451]\" data-title=\"case1-1\" title=\"case1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Twisted stipe and galls on the stipe of Laminaria digitata\" src=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/case1-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/case1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/case1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/case1-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p class=\"widget-title\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"44\">Twisted stipe and galls on the stipe of <em>Laminaria digitata<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-zoomin\" style=\"border-radius:2px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1596-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[4582b2fdba79a32a0dc]\" data-title=\"img_1596\" title=\"img_1596\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Saccharina latissima showing discoloration, necrosis, hole and dark spot on the full blade\" src=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1596-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1596-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1596-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1596-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p class=\"widget-title\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"44\"><em>Saccharina latissima<\/em> showing discoloration, necrosis, hole and dark spot on the full blade<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-zoomin\" style=\"border-radius:2px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PalmariaMSLW.png\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[f42f4a560a00d1c9dd2]\" data-title=\"palmariamslw\" title=\"palmariamslw\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" alt=\"Outgrowths\/galls\/blisters on the blade of Palmaria palmata\" src=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PalmariaMSLW-300x262.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PalmariaMSLW-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PalmariaMSLW-768x671.png 768w, https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/PalmariaMSLW.png 851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p class=\"widget-title\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"44\">Outgrowths\/galls\/blisters on the blade of <em>Palmaria palmata<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 50px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><div id=\"pg-2-2\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-2-2-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\">\n<div id=\"panel-2-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\">\n<div class=\"textblock panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-0-0\">\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"44\">Symptoms of algal diseases<\/h3>\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\n<p>Algae diseases could be caused by two broad factors: environmental and pathogenic. The environmental diseases i.e. abiotic factors are non-infectious and include damage from poor or excessive illumination, freshwater dilution of seawater after heavy rainfall and nutritional deficiencies or toxicities of others algae boom (red\/green tide). Algae diseases could be also caused by biotic factors like fishes and invertebrates, grazers feeding on the algae and causing loss of biomass. They could be also caused by many diverse pathogenic microbes: virus, bacteria, fungus, oomycetes, phytomyxeans or even other algal entophytes.<\/p>\n<p>A symptom of algae disease is a visible effect of disease and can give a good clue about the type of pathogens involved. As for plants, symptoms could be a change in the shape or the colour of the alga as it responds to the pathogen even if it is not possible to actually seeing the pathogen himself. 0<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of common signs and symptoms of algae diseases how can affect different parts of the algae (holdfast, stipe, float\/gas bladder, blade or the full front\/thallus):<br \/>\n&#8211; Blister<br \/>\n&#8211; Discoloration spot<br \/>\n&#8211; Black spot<br \/>\n&#8211; Bleaching (whitening)<br \/>\n&#8211; Hole<br \/>\n&#8211; Malformation and twisted frond<br \/>\n&#8211; Twisted stipe<br \/>\n&#8211; Gall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-2-3\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 30px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h4 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:1.4;\">Case studies<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-1 {border-radius:0px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-medium button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span \" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/?page_id=600\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Case 1: Galls on Laminaria digitata<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-2 {border-radius:0px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-medium button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span \" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/?page_id=1469\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Case 2: Dark spot on Saccharina latissima<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-3 {border-radius:0px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-medium button-default button-3 fusion-button-default-span \" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/?page_id=1476\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Case 3: Blisters on Palmaria palmata<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:70px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:52px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-blend-mode: overlay;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator triangle fusion-section-separator-1\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\" style=\"border-top:1px solid #f6f6f6;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;\"><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow top\" style=\"bottom:0px;border-bottom-color: #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy top\" style=\"top:-21px;border-bottom:1px solid #f6f6f6;border-left:1px solid #f6f6f6;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\" style=\"height:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-942","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5016,"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942\/revisions\/5016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalseaweed.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}