Content:

1. Introduction to Algae 1
2. The Roles of Algae in Biogeochemistry 18
3. Algae in Biotic Associations 38
4. Technological Applications of Algae 61
5. Algal Diversity and Relationships 78
6. Cyanobacteria (Chloroxybacteria) 94
7. Endosymbiosis and the Diversification of Eukaryotic Algae-With a Focus on Glaucophytes and Chlorarachniophytes 122
8. Euglenoids 170
9. Cryptomonads 159
10. Haptophytes 170
11. Dinoflagellates 186
12. Photosynthetic Stramenopiles I-Introduction and Diatoms 217
13. Photosynthetic Stramenopiles II-Chrysophyceans, Synurophyceans, Eustigmatophyceans, Raphidophyceans, Pelagophyceans, and Dictyochophyceans 247
14. Photosynthetic Stramenopiles III-Xanthophyceans, Phaeophyceans, and Their Close Relatives 272
15. Red Algae 309
16. Green Algae I-Introduction and Prasinophyceans 353
17. Green Algae II-Ulvophyceans 373
18. Green Algae III-Trebouxiophyceans 404
19. Green Algae IV-Chlorophyceans 412
20. Green Algae V-Charophyceans (Streptophyte Algae, Charophyte Algae) 443
21. Phytoplankton Ecology 486
22. Macroalgal and Periphyton Ecology 547
23. Terrestrial Algal Ecology 587

Glossary G-1
Literature Cited C-1
Taxonomic Index TI-1
Subject Index SI-1