Phycology is the study of algae, a ubiquitous and extremely important range of species ecologically because of the dependence of other species on their primary production. This third edition of Phycology is designed to serve both as a textbook for a one-semester course and also as a reference on modern concepts in the study of algae. Algae are divided into four natural groups and chapters on each group cover the cytology, morphology, physiology, life cycles, ecology, and systematics, all presented in a manner that can be understood by readers with a basic knowledge of biology. The use of clear, concise drawings, as well as the special emphasis placed on those algae that are commonly covered in phycology courses, and encountered by students in marine and freshwater habitats, has led to the establishment of this book as a classic introductory text suitable for courses throughout the world. This new edition offers a larger, more student-friendly format, along with fully updated reference sections and coverage of hot topics such as toxic algae, ozone depletion, and gene sequencing.
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"All in all, Phycology is an outstanding introductory text which is enhanced by occasional anecdotal information, such as finding fossil coccoliths in classroom chalk...I, for one, expect this book to find its way onto most all phycologist's desks and into many of their classrooms." BioScience
"...certain books need to be used, dipped into for specific tasks to see if they are up to the job...Robert Lee's Phycology is just such a book and I'm pleased to say that it is up to the job!...I can thoroughly recommend this book." New Phytologist
"Chapters are well illustrated, primarily with drawings and electron micrographs, and numerous chemical structures and graphs. An excellent introduction to the current knowledge of algae." Choice
"An exceptionally versatile and up-to-date textbook and reference volume that presents a comprehensive overview of micro- and macroalgae...an exceptionally well-written and well-illustrated book...An essential book for any academic library and marine research institution. Will do much to promote an interest in the subject." Northeastern Naturalist
"...certain books need to be used, dipped into for specific tasks to see if they are up to the job...Robert Lee's Phycology is just such a book and I'm pleased to say that it is up to the job!...I can thoroughly recommend this book." New Phytologist
"Chapters are well illustrated, primarily with drawings and electron micrographs, and numerous chemical structures and graphs. An excellent introduction to the current knowledge of algae." Choice
"An exceptionally versatile and up-to-date textbook and reference volume that presents a comprehensive overview of micro- and macroalgae...an exceptionally well-written and well-illustrated book...An essential book for any academic library and marine research institution. Will do much to promote an interest in the subject." Northeastern Naturalist
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This third edition of Phycology is designed to serve both as a textbook for a one-semester course and also as a reference on modern concepts in the study of algae. The use of clear, concise drawings of algae and their life histories, as well as the special emphasis placed on those algae that are commonly covered in phycology courses, has led to the establishment of this book as a classic introductory text suitable for courses throughout the world.
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I consider this as an obligated textbook in any Phycology course around the world. I use for teaching and for learning many things about algae groups that I do not know.
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The Cyanophyceae or blue-green algae are, today, usually referred to as the cyanobacteria (blue-green bacteria). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
persistent interzonal spindle, arranged microtubular roots, ingestion organelle, long tinsel flagellum, chrysolaminarin vesicle, fibrillar hairs, food vesicle, thallus phase, ancestral green flagellate, gonimoblast filaments, silicon deposition vesicle, muciferous bodies, carpogonial branch, oral pouch, striated strand, thecal vesicles, chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum, polar nodule, central pyrenoid, transverse flagellum, pit connections, flagellar swelling, minus gametes, strutted processes, oogamous sexual reproduction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cell Biol, Cell Sci, New Phytol, Academic Press, New York, Plant Physiol, Cambridge University Press, North Atlantic, Nova Hedwigia, United States, Clarendon Press, Kimmeridge Clay, British Columbia, Lunds Univ, Seaweed Symp, Department of Botany, North Sea, University of London, After Hendey, Applied Phycol, Northern Hemisphere, Pacific Ocean, Special Vol, Systematics Assn, University of Michigan Press New!
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The Cyanophyceae or blue-green algae are, today, usually referred to as the cyanobacteria (blue-green bacteria). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
persistent interzonal spindle, arranged microtubular roots, ingestion organelle, long tinsel flagellum, chrysolaminarin vesicle, fibrillar hairs, food vesicle, thallus phase, ancestral green flagellate, gonimoblast filaments, silicon deposition vesicle, muciferous bodies, carpogonial branch, oral pouch, striated strand, thecal vesicles, chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum, polar nodule, central pyrenoid, transverse flagellum, pit connections, flagellar swelling, minus gametes, strutted processes, oogamous sexual reproduction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cell Biol, Cell Sci, New Phytol, Academic Press, New York, Plant Physiol, Cambridge University Press, North Atlantic, Nova Hedwigia, United States, Clarendon Press, Kimmeridge Clay, British Columbia, Lunds Univ, Seaweed Symp, Department of Botany, North Sea, University of London, After Hendey, Applied Phycol, Northern Hemisphere, Pacific Ocean, Special Vol, Systematics Assn, University of Michigan Press New!
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- The Biology of Seaweeds (Botanical Monographs) by Christopher S. Lobban on 4 pages
- The Haptophyte Algae (Systematics Association Special Volume) by J. C. Green on page 513, page 514, and page 515
- Algal physiology and biochemistry (Botanical monographs) by W. D. P Stewart in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 106
- Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas by William Randolph Taylor on page 281, and page 557
- Seaweeds and Their Uses by Valentine Chapman on page 271, and page 549
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