A new textbook published byPrentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-660333-5)
For use as a primary text in graduate and undergraduate phycology courses
For adjunct use in courses on aquatic biology, plankton ecology, limnology, oceanography, marine biology, paleoclimatology, paleontology, microbiology, environmental engineering, water chemistry, and plant diversity
Also for use by professionals as an up-to-date, authoritative reference
Covers freshwater, marine, and terrestrial forms with two chapters on the ecology of phytoplankton, periphyton, and macroalgae (seaweeds)
Designed so that chapters can be read in any order
Contains nearly 1,000 high-quality illustrations, including many original photographs
Includes 10 boxed essays on important techniques (such as remote sensing and stable carbon isotopes) and interesting algal habitats (including sea ice, alpine snowfields, and coral reefs)
Presents tutorial problem sets (with answers) in the area of phytoplankton ecology
Includes an extensive glossary, a list of nearly 1800 literature references, and both taxonomic and subject indexes
Chapter 1-- Introduction to the Algae: Occurrence, Relationships, Nutrition, Definition, General Features
Chapter 2-- The Roles of Algae in Biogeochemistry
Chapter 3-- Algae in Biotic Associations
Chapter 4-- Technological Applications of Algae
Chapter 5-- Algal Diversity and Relationships: Taxonomy, Systematics, and Phylogeny
Chapter 6-- Cyanobacteria (Chloroxybacteria)
Chapter 7-- Endosymbiosis and the Origin of Eukaryotic Algae with a focus on Glaucophytes, Chlorarachniophytes, and Apicomplexans
Chapter 8-- Euglenoids
Chapter 9-- Cryptomonads
Chapter 10-- Haptophytes
Chapter 11-- Dinoflagellates
Chapter 12-- Ochrophytes I: Introduction to the Ochrophytes and a Focus on Diatoms
Chapter 13-- Ochrophytes II: Raphidophyceans, Chrysophyceans, Synurophyceans, and Eustigmatophyceans
Chapter 14-- Ochrophytes III: Pelagophyceans, Silicoflagellates, Pedinellids, and Related Forms
Chapter 15-- Ochrophytes IV: Chrysomeridaleans, Phaeothamniophyceans, Tribophyceans, and Phaeophyceans
Chapter 16-- Red Algae
Chapter 17-- Green Algae I: Introduction and Prasinophyceans
Chapter 18-- Green Algae II: Ulvophyceans
Chapter 19-- Green Algae III: Trebouxiophyceans
Chapter 20-- Green Algae IV: Chlorophyceans
Chapter 21-- Green Algae V: Charophyceans
Chapter 22-- Phytoplankton Ecology
Chapter 23-- Macroalgal and Periphyton Ecology
The authors are members of the Department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
where Linda E. Graham is a Professor and Lee W. Wilcox is an Honarary Fellow.
James M. Graham, who contributed Chapter 22 on Phytoplankton Ecology, is an
instructor and researcher in the Department of Botany.
Linda Graham's UW-Botany Web Page
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