Funding and contributors
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 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 moral support, pictures, information, comments and suggestions including:
Dr A. Athanasiadis, Dr R.A. Anderson, Prof. D.L. Ballantine, Dr I. Bárbara, Dr R. Barrone, Prof. J.J. Bolton, Prof. J. Brodie, F. Bunker, K. Bruun, Dr R. Cowan, Dr A.T. Critchley, Chris Carter, Weliton da Silva, Dr B. De Reviers, Prof. T.J. Entwisle, Dr R. Froese, Prof. G. Furnari, Dr P. W. Gabrielson, Prof. D.J. Garbary, Dr S. Heesch, Dr J.M. Huisman, Mrs L.M. Irvine, Prof. D.M. John, Dr and Mrs G.T. Kraft, Prof. F. Kuepper, Dr A. Langangen, Dr R. Lavigne, Drs Diane and Mark Littler, O. Morton, Dr W. Nelson, Prof. W.F. Prud'homme van Reine, Dr R. Searles, Dr C.W. Schneider, Dr F. Rindi, Prof. G.W. Saunders, Dr E. Serrão, Dr F.A.S. Sterrenburg, Prof. J.A. West, Dr T.B. Widdowson, Prof. Wm. J. Woelkerling, and Prof. M.J. Wynne.
Large numbers of quality images were provided by Rob Anderson (South Africa), Ignacio Bárbara (Spain), Karl Bruun (Washington State, USA), Chris Carter (UK), John Huisman (Australia), Diane Littler (Washington, DC, USA), and Wendell Wood (California, USA).
Genus descriptions and information on individual genera were provided by:
Dr M.C. Amspoker, Dr I. Bartsch, Dr C. Billard, Prof. J.J. Bolton, Dr B. Booth, Dr M. Buchheim, Prof. R.L. Chapman, Prof. M. Chihara, Prof. M.N. Clayton, Dr A. Comas, Prof. P. Compère, Prof. E. Coppejans, Prof. A. Couté, Dr D.B. Czarnecki, Dr T.R. Deason, Dr G.E. Dillard, Dr S.C. Ducker (deceased), Dr M. Elbrächter, Prof. T.J. Entwisle, Dr V. Fletchner, Dr I.M. Franceschini, Prof. T. Friedl, Prof. D.J. Garbary, Dr J.F. Gerrath, Dr L.E. Graham, Prof. P. Hargraves, Dr T. Harper, Dr M.W. Hawkes, Prof. E. Hegewald, Dr E.C. Henry, Dr D.R.A. Hill, Dr L. Hillis, Dr F. Hindák, Dr L.R. Hoffman, Dr R.W. Hoshaw, Dr J.M. Huisman, Dr I. Izaguirre, Dr H.W. Joahnsen, Dr J.R. Johansen, Dr S. Jónsson, Dr T. Kalina, Prof. H. Kawai, Prof. R.J. King, Prof. J. Komárek, Dr G.T. Kraft, Dr J. Kristiansen, Dr P. Kugrens (deceased), M. Robert Lavigne, Dr G.F. Leedale, Dr C. Cardinal-Legrand, Dr J.A. Lewis, Dr L.B. Liddle, Dr S.C. Lindstrom, Dr G.M. Lokhorst, Dr R.M. McCourt, Dr R.L. Moe, Prof. Ø. Moestrup, Dr R. Nielsen, Dr R.E. Norris, Dr H. Nozaki, Prof. J.L. Olsen, Dr P.M. Pedersen, Dr A.F. Peters, Dr J.A. Philips, Dr H. Pizarro, Prof. H.R. Preisig, Dr C.M. Pueschel, Dr M. Puncochárová Dr K. Renzaglia, Dr O.L. Reymond, Dr C. Sancetta, Prof. B. Santelices, Dr C.W. Schneider, Dr R.B. Searles, Dr R.G. Sheath, Dr P.C. Silva, Dr G.R. South, Dr H. Stegenga, Dr M.J. Sullivan, Dr C. Tanner, Dr G. Tell, Dr Y. Thérézien, Dr J. Throndsen, Dr T.B. Widdowson, Prof. Wm. J. Woelkerling, and Dr E.M. Wollaston.
Genus descriptions for the Chrysophyta were published in J. Kristiansen & H. R. Preisig (eds.): Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. - Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260. 2001.
