The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles
Building on the success of the first edition and featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, this expanded and thoroughly revised second edition provides an indispensable guide to the freshwater and terrestrial algae of the British Isles. It is an up-to-date account of and identification tool for more than 2400 algal species (excluding diatoms), highlighting their wider distribution around the world. Detailed descriptions are fully illustrated with clear line drawings and photographs including 190 full-page plates, eight of which are full colour. In addition, user-friendly keys enable the accurate identification of specimens to the level of genus and species. This edition includes expanded information on ecology and the implications of recent molecular research, along with coverage of 200 extra species. The accompanying online material provides a colour photo catalogue, highly illustrated articles and video clips, making this the comprehensive reference tool for both researchers and professionals in the field.
- The first comprehensive guide of its kind, this volume is essential for any study of freshwater algae in the British Isles
- Features user-friendly identification keys and numerous illustrations, including eight colour plates
- The accompanying online material provides a comprehensive colour photo catalogue, highly illustrated articles, a full list of references and a coded list of British freshwater algae
Product details
September 2021Hardback
9781108478007
896 pages
305 × 213 × 46 mm
2.79kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 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. Wołowski
- Phylum Cryptophyta (Cryptomonads) G. Novarino
- Phylum Pyrrophyta (Dinoflagellates) 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.