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Palmitic acid 9, 37, 38 



Pantothenic acid 40 



Para-aminobenzoic acid 39 



Passerine birds 13 



Pearl nwss 7 



Pectins 2, 3, 8 



Pentoses 7 



Pentosans 36 



Peptide 8, 9 



Phaeophyceae 7, 8 



Phaeophyta 3, 10, 33 



Phenylalanine 8, 35 



Phosphorescence 26, 27, 32, 

 56 



Phosphorus 40, 46, 48, 52 



Photosensitivity 48, 49, 52, 53 



Photosynthesis 2, 28, 29, 31, 

 32, 33, 40, 46, 47, 63 



"Phyceine" 56 



Phycobilin 5, 29, 31, 32 



Phycocolloids 17, 20 



Phycocyanin 3, 31, 53, 54, 55 



Phycoerythrin 3, 31 



Phycology 1 



Phyllogigon 15 



Physiology of algae 28 



Phytoplankton 3, 4, 23, 24, 

 27, 28, 29, 32, 37, 38, 39, 

 41, 44, 45, 48, 50, 51, 54, 

 63, 64. Also see Micro- 

 scopic algae 



Phytoplankton poisoning, see 

 Toxicity 



Pigments 2, 9, 28, 29, 31, 33, 

 53, 55 



Pilot plant studies 34, 35, 40, 

 41, 42, 43 



Plankton 1, 3, 4, 5, 22, 24, 

 25, 26, 27, 39, 45, 46, 48, 

 56, 62, 63. Also see Phyto- 

 plankton, Zooplankton, Mi- 

 croscopic algae 

 foods 26, 44, 45, 63, 64 

 poisoning, see Toxicity 



Plant plankton, . see Phyto- 

 plankton 



Plectonema 16 



Pleurococcus 45 



Poisoning, see Toxicity 



Polysaccharides 8, 20, 36 



Poliomyelitis 65 



Polytomella 3, 35. 39 



"Pondweed" 5 



Porphyra 3, 6, 10, 13, 21 



Porphyria 31 



Potassium 9, 12, 17, 19, 40 



Poultices 13, 16 



Prawns 22, 23 



Proline 8 



Prorocentrum 3, 60 



Protein 1, 2, 7, 8, 25, 26, 



29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 43, 44, 



46, 47, 63 

 Protoporphyrin precursors 31 

 Protosyphon 56 

 Prototheca 3, 28, 32, 39, 55 

 Protozoa 4, 29, 42 

 Puffer fish 57, 58, 51 

 Pulmonary disorders, treatment 



of 16 

 Pyrexia 15, 16 

 Pyridoxine 40 

 Pyrrophyta 3, 27 

 Pyrimidine 39 

 Pyruvic acid 34, 38, 39 



R-value 30, 34 

 Radiant energy 29, 33, 34 

 Radiation 32, 39, 47, 48 

 Radioactivity 21, 47, 48 

 Rashes 14. Also see Skin 



disorders 

 Red Sea 27, 45 

 "Red snow" 45 

 "Red tide" 45, 54, 55 

 "Red water" 27, 45, 56 

 Reducing sugars 7, 36 

 Renal disorders 14, 52, 60, 64. 



Also see Urinary disorders 

 Reproduction 2, 32, 33, 35. 



Also see Sexuality 

 Respiratory manifestations 48, 



49, 56, 61, 64 

 "Reversible hydrocolloid tech- 



nic" 19 

 Rheumatism 14 

 Rhizoclonum 16 

 Rhodomela 20 

 Rhodophyceae 8, 31 

 Rhodophyta 3, 6 

 Rhodymenia 3, 6, 8, 10 

 Riboflavin 10, 39, 40 

 Ribonucleic acid 35 

 Rice cultivation 36 

 Rickets 9, 10, 29 

 Rock moss 1 

 Rotifera 4 

 Roughage 15 

 Rubidium 40 



Saccharina 9 



Safranal 33 



Salt 12, 14, 25, 27, 63 



Sargassum 14 



Sausage casings 7 



Scabies 14 



Scenedesmus 3, 28, 33, 36, 37, 



41, 42, 44, 47 

 Scbizothrix 36 

 Scombroid poisoning 61, 62 

 Scrofula 14, 15, 16 

 Scurvy 14 



Sea, color of 27, 45 

 Sea kale 6 



"Sea lettuce" 6, 9, 14 

 "Seabathers' eruption" 54, 55 

 Seaweed 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 

 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 

 20, 21, 22, 36, 37, 39, 63, 

 65. Also see Macroscopic 

 algae 



bread 7, 12 



dye 22 



glue 22 



"gums" 17 



isenglass 6 

 Sensitivity to algae 18. Also 



see Allergy 

 Serine 8 



Seven Little Sisters 26 

 Sewage disposal 43, 45, 46, 47 

 Sewage lagoons 47 

 Sexuality 33. Also see Repro- 

 duction 

 Shellfish poisoning 56, 60, 62, 



64 

 Shipwreck survivors 23, 25, 



26, 63 

 Shock 21 

 Shrimp 4, 25, 26 

 Silica 3 

 Silver 40 

 Skin disorders 14, 17, 19, 44, 



49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 64 

 "Slimming teas" 16 

 Sodium 9, 17, 19 

 Soil, alkalinity of 36 

 Soil conservation 11, 36 

 "Solar engines" 29 

 Sorbitol 8 

 Space ships 64 

 Species of algae 2, 27 

 Sprains 14 

 Starch 8, 36 

 Stearic acid 37, 38 

 Sterols 2, 9, 37 

 Stichococcus 3, 30, 56 



