Table 1.

Marine algal species selected for the study [6].

Species	Family	Collection site	Collection time
Chlorophyta
Codium tomentosum Stackhouse	Codiaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2007
Ulva lactuca (Linnaeus)	Ulvaceae	Luc-sur-Mer (Calvados)	October 2006
Ulva clathrata (Roth) C. Agardh	Ulvaceae	Anse St Martin (Manche)	June 2007
Heterokontophyta
Bifurcaria bifurcata R. Ross	Sargassaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2007
Dictyopteris polypodioides (A.P. de Candolle) J.V. Lamouroux	Dictyotaceae	Barneville (Calvados)	October 2007
Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux	Dictyotaceae	Anse St Martin (Manche)	June 2007
Fucus serratus (Linnaeus)	Fucaceae	Luc-sur-mer (Calvados)	November 2005
Himanthalia elongata (Linnaeus)	Himanthaliaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2006
Laminaria digitata (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux	Laminariaceae	Langrunes-sur-Mer (Calvados)	January 2007
Pelvetia canaliculata Decaisne & Thuret	Fucaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2006
Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt	Sargassaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2006
Rhodophyta
Calliblepharis jubata (Goodenough & Woodward) Kützing	Cystocloniaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2007
Chondrus crispus Stackhouse	Gigartinaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2007
Dilsea carnosa (Schmidel) Kuntze	Dumontiaceae	Langrune-sur-Mer (Calvados)	January 2007
Gelidium latifolium Bornet ex Hauck	Gelidiaceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2006
Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M. Irvine & Farnham	Gracilariaceae	Anse St Martin (Manche)	June 2007
Grateloupia turuturu Yamada	Halymeniaceae	St Vaast-la-Hougue (Manche)	September 2007
Halurus flosculosus (J. Ellis) Maggs & Hommersand	Ceramiaceae	Anse St Martin (Manche)	June 2007
Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry	Phyllophoraceae	Cap Lévy (Manche)	June 2006
Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Kuntze	Palmariaceae	Luc-sur-Mer (Calvados)	November 2005