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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</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT size=3><FONT color=#800000>Dillard, Gary E.:
Freshwater Algae of the Southeastern United States, Part 8.<BR>Chrysophyceae,
Xanthophyceae, Raphidophyceae, Cryptophyceae and
Dinophyceae</FONT><BR></FONT></STRONG>2007. 127 pages, 22 plates, 23x14cm.
(Bibliotheca Phycologica, Band 112). ISBN<BR>978-3-443-60039-6
paperback, $93.00 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><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>
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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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