[Lista-Algas] Balogh International - New Fall Books #2

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MessageBalogh International - New Fall Books #2

The Benthic Marine Algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with emphasis on the Apia District. (Nova Hedwigia Beihefte, Beiheft 132). Posa A. Skelton; G. Robin South. 2007. ISBN 978-3-443-51054-1. 350 pp., 796 figures, 10 tables. Paperback. $190.00

Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa / Freshwater Flora of Central Europe, Bd. / Vol. 1/2: Chrysophyte and Haptophyte Algae Teil 2 / Part 2: Synurophyceae. Kristiansen, Jørgen, Preisig, Hans R. 2nd ed.  Due late November 2007. ISBN: 978-3-8274-1701-5. 252 pp. $79.95
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).
The importance of this book lies in four main fields:
* It can be used for the identification of synurophycean taxa in all parts of the world.
* It will be of particular significance in phytoplankton investigations on diversity and ecology of lakes and ponds.
* 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.
* Last but not least, the book gives a solid basis for further taxonomical studies based on gene sequences.

Algae and Human Affairs. Edited by Carole A. Lembi and J. Robert Waaland. 1989, 2007 Paperback. ISBN: 9780521044400. 606 pp. $95.00
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.

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Scott Balogh
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