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--[[User:Vlmastra|♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦]] ([[User talk:Vlmastra|talk]]) 03:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
--[[User:Vlmastra|♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦]] ([[User talk:Vlmastra|talk]]) 03:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
== Bot report : Found duplicate references ! ==
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?useskin=monobook&title=Algae&redirect=no&oldid=228946906 the last revision I edited], I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
* "IntroBot" :
** Nabors, Murray W., 2004. ''Introduction to Botany.'' Pearson Education, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
** <ref name="Round 81">'''Round, F.E.''' 1981. ''The Ecology of Algae.'' Cambridge University Press, London. ISBN 0 521 22583 3
* "Mondragon 03" :
** '''Mondragon, J. and Mondragon, J.''' 2003. ''Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast.'' Sea Challengers Publications, Monterey, California. ISBN 0-930118-29-4
** '''Mondragon, J. and Mondragon, J.''' 2003. ''Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast.'' Sea Challengers Publications, Monterey. ISBN 0-930118-29-4
* "Huisman 00" :
** '''Huisman, J.M.''' 2000. ''Marine Plants of Australia.'' University of Western Australian Press, Australian Biological Resources Study. ISBN 1 876268 33 6
** '''Huisman, J.M.''' 2000. ''Marine Plants of Australia.'' University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia. ISBN 1 876268 33 6
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Size of Kelp

70m or even 50m seems a bit long to me - will have to look into this! Osborne 15:02, 2 February 2007 (UTC) "...grow as fast as half a metre a day to tower 30 - 50 m (98 - 164 ft) above the seabed." - Ref Thomas, "Seaweeds." 2002. Seems correct! Osborne[reply]

It seems to me these two are in the one list - I think they should not be. If I am correct will someone please correct it - I am not experienced enough & would do more harm than good.Osborne 09:12, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Examples

Should "Examples" be kept. One day there could be a very long list - too long. Any ideas? Osborne 09:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC) A full list of Examples would be too long - I will consider a "truncated" list: a few greens, a few browns and a few reds. Does anyone agree/disagree? Osborne 11:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fitzpatrick

Noted near the top. Who is "Fitzpatrick"? Is there any point in keeping the name here. ? or indeed what is the "*" for? Osborne 09:22, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted"* Fitzpatrick ...and the ref to the external website, replaced it as is the way in Wikipedia - I think. Hope this is OK Osborne 09:37, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Classification

It is stated in this section that “the term "algae" refers to any aquatic organisms capable of photosynthesis”. This comment is accurately referenced to UCMP, but is it correct? I'm no phycologist, but seagrasses are clearly “aquatic organisms capable of photosynthesis”, yet are angiosperms. As, indeed, are water-lilies and their ilk. Or am I missing a trick here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lacrymalis (talk • contribs) 21:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC).Lacrymalis 21:45, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Forms of algae

"In three &mdash lines even higher levels of organization have been reached, leading to organisms with full tissue differentiation. ..." What does this "&mdash" mean!!!Osborne 15:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a SGML entity whose complete syntax is "&mdash;" and which therefore translates to "—". However the sentence is difficult to read even without that extra em dash. --saimhe 16:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Distribution

The "distruibution" as shown gives no text and as such is not good, however possibly someone will write it up! I might, if I find the time. These are just a few refs perhaps worth keeping note of. Osborne 13:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have further refs - however refs do not make an article - they need to be drawn together somehow! Any advice? (before 4th July) Osborne 13:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Poop?

The first section in this article is "Poop". Looks like vandalism..

P97

Someone has entered some words of rubbish. Presumed vandalism. Vandal not identified: "71 75 128 149 at 21.03 on the 7th." I am not confident to correct this.Osborne 08:14, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Should be fixed, now. Thanks for bringing that up! If you're curious, you can find more information at WP:REVERT. – Luna Santin (talk) 08:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reference 4

Reference 4 does contain the figures of the statement 'It is estimated that algae produce about 73 to 87 percent of the net global production of oxygen'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.31.82.245 (talk) 09:50, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ADVICE

This article copied from TIME magazine - is it permitted? See "ALGAE" http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1616252,00.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Osborne (talk • contribs) 11:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Algae (programming language)

Is this - see title- a separate article from Algae it is confusing the articles. I will check again.Osborne 20:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they are separate. This article is about the plant algae, and the article you mentioned is about a programming language. We already have a disambiguation link at the top of the page, so I'm not sure what else you want us to do. Hersfold (t/a/c) 20:57, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cyanobacteria as 'Plants' or 'Protists' or 'Algae'

Someone is using very out of date sources, since Cyanobacteria are no longer considered protists, nor certainly plants, and they are no longer called Cyanophyta since this seems to suggest that they are plants. According to Introduction to Botany by Murray W. Nabors (2004), page 386, the algal phyla are Euglenophyta, Dinophyta, Baccillariophyta, Xanthophyta, Chrysophyta, Cryptophyta, Prymnesiophyta, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta, and Chlorophyta. This source recognizes the close relation between the plants and Chlorophyta, and Biology 8th ed. (Raven, McGraw-Hill, 2007) places Chlorophyta in the Viridiplantae. However, the cyanobacteria are excluded from the algae in the first source and placed specifically in the bacteria, and the second source also calls them bacteria.

The "algae" are of course an artificial group, but I think every effort should be made to communicate that Cyanobacteria don't simply have "bacterial characteristics" as will be found in decades old sources, but are certainly bacteria. Also, the name Cyanophyta should be avoided. Finally, many modern sources define algae as eukaryotic, so I think the blue-green algae material may need to be moved to cyanobacteria. --♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ (talk) 19:04, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed this problem yesterday. This is one very important article for WP:PLANTS and it has not gotten the attention it deserves. Please, if you have good resources (you certainly have knowledge) and time, then be BOLD and begin updating and improving the article. Since "blue-green algae" is still common in textbooks, some information should remain here, but prehaps not so prominently at the outset of the article. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm working on the introduction, but I'm struggling with the formatting. I some how managed to make a couple of paragraphs disappear! Any help is welcome. --♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ (talk) 19:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This material is better placed in Cyanobacteria:

Cyanobacteria are some of the oldest organisms to appear in the fossil record dating back to the Precambrian, possibly as far as about 3.5 billion years.[1] Ancient cyanobacteria likely produced much of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.

Cyanobacteria can be unicellular, colonial, or filamentous. They have a prokaryotic cell structure typical of bacteria and conduct photosynthesis on specialized cytoplasmic membranes called thylakoid membranes, rather than in organelles. Some filamentous blue-green algae have specialized cells, termed heterocysts, in which nitrogen fixation occurs.[2] The perfect prokaryotic cell consist of miscalgnous sheath covering cell wall that consist of pectinic substance and saccharide while the cell wall consist of 4 layers, an outer and inner layer and a middle layer while the fourth layer is attached to plasma membrane and the protoplast consist of a 2 part peripheral coloured part known as chromatoplasm which contain the pigments in case of algae and contain photothynsis product e.g. in cyanobacteria it contains chlorophylla, b-carotein and c-phycocyanin and c-phycoerthyrin.

--♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ (talk) 03:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bot report : Found duplicate references !

In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)

  • "IntroBot" :
    • Nabors, Murray W., 2004. Introduction to Botany. Pearson Education, Inc., San Francisco, CA.
    • <ref name="Round 81">Round, F.E. 1981. The Ecology of Algae. Cambridge University Press, London. ISBN 0 521 22583 3
  • "Mondragon 03" :
    • Mondragon, J. and Mondragon, J. 2003. Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast. Sea Challengers Publications, Monterey, California. ISBN 0-930118-29-4
    • Mondragon, J. and Mondragon, J. 2003. Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast. Sea Challengers Publications, Monterey. ISBN 0-930118-29-4
  • "Huisman 00" :
    • Huisman, J.M. 2000. Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australian Press, Australian Biological Resources Study. ISBN 1 876268 33 6
    • Huisman, J.M. 2000. Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia. ISBN 1 876268 33 6

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  1. ^ Schopf, JW, and Packer, BM, Science, 400 b.c.,. 237, 70
  2. ^ http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e42/42a.htm
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