Phycology

About this book

Phycology is the study of algae, the primary photosynthetic organisms in freshwater and marine food chains. Since the publication of the first edition in 1981, this textbook has established itself as a classic resource on this subject. Aimed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in phycology, limnology and biological oceanography, this fifth edition maintains the format of previous editions, whilst incorporating the recent developments in the field such as: the potential and challenges of producing algae biofuel; the proliferation of algal toxins; and the development of new molecular tools and technologies on ancestry, phylogeny, and taxonomy of algae.

Contents

Part I. Introduction
1. Basic characteristics of the algae

Part II. The Prokaryotic Algae
2. Cyanobacteria

Part III. Evolution of the Chloroplast
3. Glaucophyta
4. Rhodophyta
5. Chlorophyta

Part IV. Evolution of One Membrane of Chloroplast Endoplasmic Reticulum
6. Euglenophyta
7. Dinophyta
8. Apicomplexa

Part V. Evolution of Two Membranes of Chloroplast Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Chlorarachniophyta
9. Cryptophyta
10. Heterokontophyta, Chrysophyceae
11. Heterokontophyta, Synurophyceae
12. Heterokontophyta, Eustigmatophyceae
13. Heterokontophyta, Pinguiophyceae
14. Heterokontophyta, Dictyochrophyceae
15. Heterokontophyta, Pelagophyceae
16. Heterokontophyta, Bolidophyceae
17. Heterokontophyta, Bacillariophyceae
18. Heterokontophyta, Raphidophyceae
19. Heterokontophyta, Xanthophyceae
20. Heterokontophyta, Phaeothamniophyceae
21. Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae
22. Prymnesiophyta
23. Algae and the environment

Glossary
Index

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Biography

Robert Lee has had a long and varied career, teaching worldwide in countries including South Africa and Iran, as well as at Harvard Medical School, and Colorado State University, where he currently works as a Teaching Coordinator in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.