Freshwater Algae of North America

Ecology and Classification
2. Revised Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-385876-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 1066 Seiten, Format (B × H): 281 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 2172 g

Reihe: Aquatic Ecology

Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification, Second Edition is an authoritative and practical treatise on the classification, biodiversity, and ecology of all known genera of freshwater algae from North America. The book provides essential taxonomic and ecological information about one of the most diverse and ubiquitous groups of organisms on earth. This single volume brings together experts on all the groups of algae that occur in fresh waters (also soils, snow, and extreme inland environments). In the decade since the first edition, there has been an explosion of new information on the classification, ecology, and biogeography of many groups of algae, with the use of molecular techniques and renewed interest in biological diversity. Accordingly, this new edition covers updated classification information of most algal groups and the reassignment of many genera and species, as well as new research on harmful algal blooms.

Zielgruppe

Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, faculty and staff at universities and consulting companies interested in freshwater biology and ecology, limnology, environmental science, invertebrate zoology and related fields. The book will be used as a textbook and should do very well in advanced classes, amny taught at summer field stations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wehr, John D

Sheath, Robert G

Kociolek, J Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phykologie, Algen, Flechten, Lichen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Freshwater Algae
2. Habitats of Freshwater Algae
3. Coccoid Cyanobacteria
4. Filamentous Cyanobacteria
5. Red Algae
6. Flagellate Green Algae
7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae
8. Filamentous (Nonconjugating) and Plantlike Green Algae
9. Conjugating Green Algae Including Desmids
10. Photosynthetic Euglenoids
11. Xanthophyte, Eustigmatophyte, and Raphidophyte Algae
12. Chrysophyceae and Phaeothamniophyceae
13. Haptophyte Algae
14. Synurophyte Algae
15. Centric and Araphid Diatoms
16. Bacillariophyceae: The Raphid Diatoms
17. Dinoflagellates
18. Cryptomonads
19. Brown Algae
20. Harmful Algal Blooms
21. Use of Algae in Ecological Assessments

Über Autor(innen)

Kociolek, J Patrick
Dr. John Patrick Kociolek is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with University of Colorado's Museum of Natural History. He obtained his MSc from Bowling Green State University and his PhD from University of Michigan Ann Arbor. His research focuses on the taxonomy, systematics, evolution, biogeography, and ecology of diatoms. He brings more than 35 years of experience to the study of freshwater diatoms spanning the United States, South America, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, and India.