Contents Notes |
Introduction to the algae : occurrence, relationships, nutrition, definition, general features -- The roles of algae in biogeochemistry -- Algae in biotic associations -- Technological applications of algae -- Algal diversity and relationships : taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny -- Cyanobacteria (chloroxybacteria) -- Endosymbiosis and the origin of eukaryotic algae : with a focus on glaucophytes, chlorarachniophytes, and apicomplexans -- Euglenoids -- Cryptomonads -- Haptophytes -- Dinoflagellates -- Ochrophytes I : introduction to the ochrophytes and a focus on diatoms --Ochrophytes II : raphidophyceans, chrysophyceans, synurophyceans, and eustigmatophyceans -- Ochrophytes III : pelagophyceans, silicoflagellates, pedinellids, and related forms -- Ochrophytes IV : chrysomeridaleans, phaeothamniophyceans, tribophyceans, and phaeophyceans -- Red algae -- Green algae I : introduction and prasinophyceans -- Green algae II : ulvophyceans -- Green algae III : trebouxiophyceans -- Green algae IV : chlorophyceans -- Green algae V : charophyceans -- Phytoplankton ecology / James M. Graham --Macroalgal and periphyton ecology. |