2002 年 50 巻 3 号 p. 375-376
The species composition of floating seaweeds in the central Seto Inland Sea was surveyed during the period from April 1997 to September 1998. A total of 1, 661 masses of floating seaweeds including 17 species in 9 families were collected by a scoop net. The mean weight per mass of floating seaweeds increased from winter and reached a peak in May (2.8kg/mass) . The species which frequently appeared were Sargassum horneri, S, muticum, Hizikia fusiformis in winter and spring, Zostera marina in summer and S. siliquastrum in autumn.