Algae and Man

1. Front Matter

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2. Contributions of Current Research to Algal Systematics

   • G. W. Prescott

   Pages 1-30

3. Criteria and Procedures in Present-Day Algal Taxonomy

   • C. van den Hoek

   Pages 31-58

4. The Gross Classification of Algae

   • Tyge Christensen

   Pages 59-64

5. The Cytology of the Phaeophyta—A Review of Recent Developments, Current Problems, and Techniques

   • Margaret Roberts

   Pages 65-76

6. Environmental Conditions and the Pattern of Metabolism in Algae

   • G. E. Fogg

   Pages 77-85

7. Micronutrient Requirements for Green Plants, Especially Algae

   • Clyde Eyster

   Pages 86-119

8. Some Problems Remaining in Algae Culturing

   • A. G. Wurtz

   Pages 120-137

9. The Ecology of Benthic Algae

   • F. E. Round

   Pages 138-184

10. A Discussion of Natural and Abnormal Diatom Communities

    • Ruth Patrick

    Pages 185-204

11. The Ecology of Plankton Algae

    • James B. Lackey

    Pages 205-220

12. Principles of Primary Productivity: Photosynthesis Under Completely Natural Conditions

    • Jacob Verduin

    Pages 221-238

13. Algae in Water Supplies of the United States

    • C. Mervin Palmer

    Pages 239-261

14. Algal Problems Related to the Eutrophication of European Water Supplies, and a Bio-Assay Method to Assess Fertilizing Influences of Pollution on Inland Waters

    • Olav M. Skulberg

    Pages 262-299

15. The Biotic Relationships within Water Blooms

    • George P. Fitzgerald

    Pages 300-306

16. Toxic Algae

    • Paul R. Gorham

    Pages 307-336

17. Extracellular Products of Algae

    • Marcel Lefèvre

    Pages 337-367

18. Algae and Medicine

    • David Schwimmer, Morton Schwimmer

    Pages 368-412

19. Mass Culture of Microalgae for Photosynthetic Gas Exchange

    • Richard J. Benoit

    Pages 413-425

20. The Future of Phycology

    • F. Evens

    Pages 426-434

With the continuous increase in human population and its constant demands on the aquatic environment, there has been a compounding of the interrelationships between algae and man. These relatively simple green plants not too long ago were often considered as merely biological curiosities. Within the past twenty-five years, with advances in technology and the increased eutrophication of lakes and streams, the interplay between algae and man has become more complex and more im­ portant. Problems of taste, odor, toxicity, or obnoxious growth caused by algae are unfortunately quite familiar to the water supplier and to the public health worker. Algae have met their role in the space age as a possible source for food or as a gas ex­ changer. In order to explore any of these practical problems, it is essential to have adequate, basic knowledge of algal taxonomy, physiology, cytogenetics and ecology. This book is the outgrowth of a North Atlantic Treaty Organi­ zation Advanced Study Institute in which authorities in both the applied and basic fields of phycology, as well as in cognate disci­ plines, met and discussed various topics related to algae. It is of significance to note that this was the first NATO Advanced Study Institute to be held in the United States and that it had for its theme a subject which is of import for the welfare of all mankind.

• Eutrophication
• algae
• ecology
• environment
• growth
• taxonomy

• Department of Civil Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

  Daniel F. Jackson

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