The foremost textbook and reference for studying Phycology, Algae, Second Edition, features hundreds of new illustrations, a new chapter on terrestrial algae, and thorough updates that reflect new classification structures. With an emphasis on algae ecology and molecular biology, the authors focus on what students really want to know about algae—why they are so diverse; how they are related; how to distinguish the major types; their roles in food webs; global biogeochemical cycling; the formation of harmful algae blooms; and how we utilize them. The text also provides a broad coverage of freshwater, marine, and terrestrial algae.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Algae

2. The Roles of Algae in Biogeochemistry

3. Algae in Biotic Associations

4. Technological Applications of Algae

5. Algal Diversity And Relationships

6. Cyanobacteria (Chloroxybacteria)

7. Endosymbiosis and the Diversification of Eukaryotic Algae With a Focus on Glaucophytes and Chlorarachniophytes

8. Euglenoids

9. Cryptomonads

10. Haptophytes

11. Dinoflagellates

12. Photosynthetic Stramenopiles I Introduction and Diatoms

13. Photosynthetic Stramenopiles II Chrysophyceans, Synurophyceans, Eustigmatophyceans, Raphidophyceans, Pelagophyceans, Dictyochophyceans

14. Photosynthetic Stramenopiles III Xanthophyceans, Phaeophyceans, and their Close Relatives

15. Red Algae

16. Green Algae I Introduction and Prasinophyceans

17. Green Algae II Ulvophyceans

18. Green Algae III Trebouxiophyceans

19. Green Algae IV Chlorophyceans

20. Green Algae V Charophyceans

21. Phytoplankton Ecology

22. Macroalgal and Periphyton Ecology

23. Terrestrial Algal Ecology