@article {1707,
	title = {Algal Parasite <i>Herpodiscus durvillaeae</i> (Phaeophyceae: Sphacelariales) Inferred to have Traversed the Pacific Ocean with its Buoyant Host},
	journal = {Journal of PhycologyJournal of Phycology},
	volume = {49},
	number = {1},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {202-206},
	abstract = {<p>The parasitic phaeophycean endophyte Herpodiscus durvillaeae (Lindauer) G. R. South has previously only been recorded from New Zealand, in association with a single host species, Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot (southern bull-kelp). Here we use DNA sequence data from plastid and nuclear markers (chloroplast rbcL, ribosomal LSU, and a nuclear pseudogene copy of COI) to test for the presence of H.\&nbsp;durvillaeae beyond the New Zealand region, and on host species other than D.\&nbsp;antarctica. Analyses of samples from the Falkland Islands confirm the first record of H.\&nbsp;durvillaeae from the Atlantic Ocean. We report that Falkland Islands H.\&nbsp;durvillaeae are genetically indistinguishable from samples of this species from New Zealand\&$\#$39;s sub-Antarctic Campbell Island, suggesting recent dispersal of the parasite across the Pacific Ocean, presumably by rafting with its buoyant macroalgal host. We also here record H.\&nbsp;durvillaeae from New Zealand endemics Durvillaea poha Fraser et\&nbsp;al. and D.\&nbsp;willana Lindauer.</p>
},
	isbn = {0022-3646},
	author = {Fraser, Ceridwen I. and Waters, Jonathan M.}
}
