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The first modern account of the freshwater algae of the British Isles (excluding diatoms), covering over 2400 species, many of which also have a world-wide-distribution. Essential reference tool for both researchers and professionals in the field.
Table des matières
List of contributors; Foreword J. W. G. Lund; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Distribution and ecology; History of freshwater algal studies in the British Isles; Field methods; Laboratory methods; Water framework directive J. Krokowski; Access to live algal cultures from the British Isles J. G. Day; Classification; Phylum Cyanophyta (Blue-Green Algae/Cyanobacteria) B. A. Whitton; Phylum Rhodophyta (Red Algae) R. G. Sheath and A. R. Sherwood; Phylum Euglenophyta (Euglenoids) K. Wöowski; Phylum Cryptophyta (Cryptomonads) G. Novarino; Phylum Pyrrophyta (Dinöagellates) J. M. Lewis and J. D. Dodge; Phylum Raphidophyta A. Pentecost; Phylum Haptophyta (Prymnesiophyta) H. R. Preisig; Phylum Chrysophyta (Golden Algae) J. Kristiansen and H. R. Preisig; Phylum Xanthophyta (Yellow-Green Algae) L. R. Johnson and R. Merritt; Phylum Eustigmatophyta D. M. John; Phylum Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) M. G. Kelly and E. Y. Haworth; Phylum Phaeophyta (Brown Algae) J. D. Wehr; Phylum Prasinophyta Ø. Moestrup; Phylum Chlorophyta (Green Algae) D. M. John, A. Pentecost, P. M. Tsarenko, J. Huxley, F. Rindi, I. Titley, A. J. Brook, L. R. Johnson, D. B. Williamson, J. E. Bryant and N. F. Stewart; Phylum Glaucophyta B. A. Whitton; Glossary; Standard form of authors of algal names J. F. John; Sources of illustrations or material; References; Taxonomic index; Subject index.
A propos de l'auteur
David M. John is Adjunct Professor at the Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway and Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum in London. His main research interests are in the taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of freshwater and tropical marine algae.Brian A. Whitton is Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Durham. He is currently studying probable increases in organic phosphate in upland streams and rivers and its impact on algae, as well as being involved in providing training on algal identification for water management organisations.Alan J. Brook was Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Buckingham. He has held a number of positions at institutions in the UK, Sudan and the USA, and has spent his research career studying freshwater algae, with particular interest in desmids.
Résumé
The first modern account of the freshwater algae of the British Isles (excluding diatoms), covering over 2400 species, many of which also have a world-wide-distribution. Essential reference tool for both researchers and professionals in the field.
