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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000 size=3><STRONG>Balogh International - New
Fall Books #2<BR></STRONG></FONT><BR><FONT color=#800000 size=3><STRONG>The
Benthic Marine Algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with emphasis on
the Apia District. (Nova Hedwigia Beihefte, Beiheft 132).</STRONG></FONT> Posa
A. Skelton; G. Robin South. 2007. ISBN 978-3-443-51054-1. 350 pp., 796 figures,
10 tables. Paperback. $190.00<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#800000
size=3>Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa / Freshwater Flora of Central Europe, Bd.
/ Vol. 1/2: Chrysophyte and Haptophyte Algae Teil 2 / Part 2:
Synurophyceae.</FONT></STRONG> Kristiansen, Jørgen, Preisig, Hans R. 2nd
ed. Due late November 2007. ISBN: 978-3-8274-1701-5. 252 pp.
$79.95<BR>This volume deals with the Synurophyceae, a group of silica scaled
chrysophyte algae. Taxonomy within this class is based on the ultrastructure of
the silica scales and bristles, and electron microscopy is in most cases
necessary for the identification. Even though the 128 taxa occurring in Europe
are emphasized and details of their distribution are given, the volume includes
all taxa described worldwide. Thus it is possible to identify all 212 taxa with
a high degree of certainty (i.e., 180 taxa of Mallomonas, 30 taxa of Synura,
plus the single species of Chrysodidymus and Tessellaria).<BR>The importance of
this book lies in four main fields:<BR>* It can be used for the identification
of synurophycean taxa in all parts of the world.<BR>* It will be of particular
significance in phytoplankton investigations on diversity and ecology of lakes
and ponds.<BR>* Many species can serve as ecological indicators, and the
species-specific silica scales and cysts preserved in sediments can be useful
paleobiological indicators for reconstructing a wide variety of human influences
on aquatic ecosystems, including acidification, eutrophication and climate
change.<BR>* Last but not least, the book gives a solid basis for further
taxonomical studies based on gene sequences.<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#800000
size=3>Algae and Human Affairs.</FONT></STRONG> Edited by Carole A. Lembi and J.
Robert Waaland. 1989, 2007 Paperback. ISBN: 9780521044400. 606 pp.
$95.00<BR>Algae and Human Affairs provides the only current comprehensive survey
of the major roles of algae in present and future human life. This detailed,
up-to-date synthesis is divided into four sections. The first reviews the
natural roles of algae as sources of oxygen, organic carbon compounds, and as
bases of food-chains for higher trophic levels. The second group of chapters
deals with the commercial and economic value of algae to industry, energy, waste
treatment, and agriculture (i.e. algae as an important source of food and food
additives, such as the carageenan used in dairy products). The third section
discusses the detrimental, sometimes disastrous, effects of algae in the form of
red-tide organisms, weeds, producers of freshwater toxins, and marine
biofouling. The final section considers current applications and future
potential of algae to industry, in general, and, in particular, to space
exploration and genetic engineering.<BR><BR></FONT><STRONG><FONT color=#800000
size=3>If you would like to place an order, please send me an email with your
complete mailing address (street).</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#800000
size=3>Thanks,<BR></FONT></STRONG><BR>Scott Balogh<BR>Balogh International
Inc<BR>1911 N. Duncan Rd, Champaign, Illinois 61822 USA<BR>ph: +1 217 355 9331;
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