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Distribution of the Red Algal Epiphyte Polysiphonia lanosa on Its Brown Algal Host Ascophyllum nodosum in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

The biomass distribution of Polysiphonia lanosa has been recorded with reference to year classes (internodes) on primary shoots of Ascophyllum nodosum and on the indeterminate lateral shoots. The bulk of the P, lanosa is on damaged fronds, where the epiphyte is concentrated on the two most distal year classes (A and B year classes) of primary shoots and their laterals. Up to 77% of the damaged primary shoots were epiphytized in the A year class. On intact primary shoots quantities were smaller and the peak biomass was found in the 3rd year class from the apex, 85 % of which was epiphytized. The study was conducted through five harvests over 11 months; seasonal changes appear to include a reduction in the percentage of the 0 year class tissue epiphytized from January (soon after the end of the P. lanosa sporulation period) to October, and a peak in biomass in June. Our study did not cover growth of P. lanosa or the dynamics of its relationship with the basiphyte.