“…This basic knowledge includes aspects such as: the ultrastructure of the spores, phenological studies and population dynamics (Avila et al, 1999a), recruitment in natural populations , vegetative propagation in tanks and in the sea (Hernández-González et al, 2007;Romo et al, 2006;Correa et al, 1999;Westermeier et al, 2012), management (Avila et al,1999b;Westermeier et al, 2012), and methods of cultivation and repopulation (Avila et al, 1999a;Buschmann et al, 2001;Avila et al, 2003;Buschmann et al, 2004;Romo et al, 2006;Mansilla et al, 2008;Westermeier et al, 2012). Reproductive biological records indicate that this species exhibits seasonality in its sexual reproduction (Zamorano & Westermeier, 1996) and alternation in the dominance of reproductive stages, similar to that described for other species of Gigartinales (Kim, 1976).…”