Contents: Preface. 1. Effect of Temperature and Ammonium on Growth, Pigment Production and Nitrogen Uptake by Four Species of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) Native to the New England Coast/Jang K. Kim, George P. Kraemer, Christopher D. Neefus, Ik Kyo Chung and Charles Yarish. 2. Improvement of Gracilaria Agar Solubility by Acid Treatments/Hirotaka Kakita, Hiroshi Kamishima, Anong Chirapart and Masao Ohno. 3. Seaweed Community Analysis of a Rocky Shore for the Sustainable Seaweed Integrated Aquaculture System (SSIAS) in Korea/Ik Kyo Chung, Yun Hee Kang, Si Jung Ryu, Myung Sook Kim, Charles Yarish and Jin Ae Lee. 4. Succession of seaweed Communities on Artificial Reefs and Marine Ranching in Japan/Masao Ohno, Chang Geun Choi and Dinabandhu Sahoo. 5. Seaweeds: A Potential Source of Biofertilizer/Gaurav Kumar, Pooja Baweja and Dinabandhu Sahoo. 6. On the Occurrence of Dichotomosiphon tuberosus (A. Br.) Ernst from Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India/A.K. Mohite, R.R. Sanap and S.D. Pingle. 7. Biochemical Composition of Some Freshwater Green Algae from Pravara basin Region, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India/A.K. Mohite and S.D. Pingle. 8. Effect of Blue-Green Algae as Biofertilizer on growth and Yield of Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) Var. Phule Jyoti/A.R. Abhang, S.D. Pingle, A.M. Bhosale and B.K. Auti. 9. Cyanophycean Algae from Soils of Pravara Canal Command Area, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India/B.K. Auti, S.D. Pingle and A.R. Abhang. 10. Chlorophycean Algae of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India/B.S. Deshmukh and S.D. Pingle. 11. Studies on Hydrobiology of Godawari River at Nasik, Maharashtra, India/R.R. Sanap, A.K. Mohite, S.D. Pingle and V.R. Gunale. 12. Impact of Heavy Metal(s) on Accessory Pigments of Anabaena oryzae (Fritsch)/Ch. Sreedhar Rao, B. Raju, M. Venkateshwarulu and B. Digamber Rao. 13. Cyanobacterial Flora of Rice Fields of North Telangana Region, Andhra Pradesh, India/B. Digamber Rao, Ch. Sreedhar Rao and D. Srinivas. 14. Seaweeds as a Source of Bioethanol/Savindra Kumar and Dinabandhu Sahoo. 15. Ecology and PCR based Molecular Characterization of Cyanobacteria with Special Emphasis on Oscillatoriales and Nostocales/Gunapati Oinam, Indrama Th. And O.N. Tiwari. 16. Free Amino Acids, Total carbon, Total Nitrogen, and Phycobiliproteins Content in Porphyra sp. after a Short Term Nutrient Uptake/A. Pedersen. G. Kraemer, S. Hariskov and C. Yarish. 17. Phycodiversity of River Pandu, Uttar Pradesh in Relation to Anthorpogenic Stress/Divya Tiwari. 18. Use of Lyngbya limnetica (Blue-green Alga) in the Treatment of Cattle Shed Wastewater/Sreelaxmi M. Murthy. 19. Studies on Biodegradation Potential of Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulphonate by Nostoc muscorum Ag. ex. Born et Flah/Dilip Kumar Rathore, Preeti Sharma, Praveen Kumar Chandel, Sandhya Tyagi and Krishna Chandra Soni. 20. Astaxanthin Production from Green Alga Haematococcus under Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Conditions/R. Sarada, B. Sandesh Kamath, R. Vidhyuavathi, B.R. Brinda and G.A. Ravishankar. 21. Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbon Production from Botryococcus braunii sp. from Indian Freshwater Bodies and Culture Collection Centers/R. Sarada, C. Dayananda, A. Ranga Rao, T.R. Shamala, P. Srinivas and G.A. Ravishankar. 22. Treatment of CETP Effluent bya Seaweed Associated Aspergillus niger Isolate/H.V. Joshi, Anjana K. Vala, Purva N. Bhatta and Nisha Anand. 23. Comparative Physiological Studies amongst Cyanobacteial Isolates from Paddy Fields/Saurabh Tiwari, B.V. Singh, Dolly Wattal Dhar and P.K. Singh. 24. Effect of Salinity on the Growth of Oscillatoria proboscidea, a Freshwater Alga/R. Gunaseeli, S.K. Subramanian and N. Anand. 25. Influence of Salinity Changes on the Morphology of Cladophora vagabunda (Linn.) Hoek/G. Rani. 26. Ecological Study of Ujani Dam Backwater at Siddhteka Tal, Karjat, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India/S.D. Pingle and A.B. Gore. 27. Studies on Genus Vaucheria of Jammu Region/Namerta Sharma and V.K. Anand. 28. Biodiversity of Freshwater Algae in Some Districts of Tamil Nadu, India/Mahendra Perumal, G. Ganesan and N. Anand. 29. UV-B Radiation and High Induced Oxidative Damage in Phormidium corium/Rupali R. Bhandari and Prabhat K. Sharma. 30. Intracellular Localization and Gene of rubisco in Enteromorpha clathrata (Ulvales, Chlorophyta)/Peimin He, Shunjie Yin, Charles Yarish, Huan Zhang and Senjie Lin. 31. Mariculture of Seaweeds Based on the New “Germling Cluster Method” and Utilizing Deep Seawater in Japan/Masanori Hiraokar and Naohiro Oka. 32. Algal Diversity in Wetlands/Rimpy Madan and A.S./ Ahluwalia. 33. Primary and Secondary Metabolites in Caulerpa sertularioides and C. peltata/R.M. Mulani and D.G. Shah. 34. Studies on the Alga Flora of Lake Jaisamand in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India/Premlata Vikal and Sandhya Tyagi. Index.
Algae grow in a wide range of habitats starting from freshwater lakes to rivers and oceans to deserts. They serve a very important role not only in the aquatic ecosystem as primary producers but are also responsible for release of oxygen into the atmosphere. Algae and their products are widely used in food, agriculture and a number of industries. In recent years it has been realized that algae can play a major role in environment and biotechnology. The present book contains 34 chapters covering diverse aspects of algae. Hence, this book will be very useful for the students, researchers, university teachers and people from a wide spectrum. (jacket)
