Funding and contributors

Nothogenia erinacea Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; mid-intertidal rock

This project was funded by the Irish Higher Education Authority's Programme for Research in Third-level Institutions, Cycles 2, 3 and 4 from 2000-2005, and from 2007-2010 The funding was part of the support received for the Environmental Change Institute and for Marine Science Research.

Funding has also been received from the European Union's MAST programme for the European Register of Marine Species. The Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute and the National University of Ireland, Galway have also contributed extensively with facilities and communications.

AlgaeBase is part of the Species2000 initiative. AlgaeBase has also played a major part in the SeaweedAfrica project funded by the European Union via INCO-DEV.

We are particularly grateful to the numerous people who have helped us in this endeavour or contacted us with comments and suggestions including:

• Dr I. Bárbara (Departamento de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain).
• Professor F. Bisby (Species2000 and Catalogue of Life; University of Reading, U.K.)
• Dr J. Brodie (Natural History Museum, London, U.K.)
• Dr M.J. Costello (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
• Dr A.T. Critchley (Acadian Seaplants, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• Dr B. De Reviers (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France)
• Dr R. Froese (FishBase)
• Dr P. W. Gabrielson (Herbarium Research Associate, University of North Carolina, U.S.A.)
• Professor D.J. Garbary (St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• Dr J.M. Huisman (University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia).
• Mrs L.M. Irvine (Natural History Museum, London, U.K.)
• Mr O. Morton (Retired from the Ulster Museum, Belfast).
• Professor W.F. Prud'homme van Reine (Rijksherbarium, Leiden)
• Dr C.W. Schneider (Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
• Dr S. Valenzuela Miranda (Spain)
• Dr F. Rindi (University of Alabama, U.S.A.)
• Professor M.J. Wynne (University of Michigan, U.S.A.)

The following persons provided us with important datasets on freshwater and terrestrial algae:

• Dr T.J. Entwisle, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia
• Dr D.M. John, Martin Ryan Institute, NUI, Galway.

However, we take full responsibility for merging these sets of data.