Algal Ecology : An Overview/edited by A.N. Kargupta and E.N. Siddiqui. 1996, 440 p., figs., line drawings, $50.
Contents: 1 Ecology of some economically important algae in Indian habitats/G. Suvarnalatha & L.V. Venkataraman. 2. Ecology of N2-fixing blue green algae/M.B. Tyagi & Ashok Kumar. 3. Nature and nurture: a Phytoplankton paradox/N. Jeeji Bai. 4. Phytoplankton ecology of certain inland waterbodies of central Gujarat, India/B.C. Rana, J.I. Nirmal Kumar & S.S. Sreenivas. 5. Algal environment of polluted and unpolluted fresh water ponds/S.B. Padhi. 6. Ecological evaluation of Chlorophyceae in lentic environments/N. Swarnalatha & A. Narsing Rao. 7. Genetic approaches to accomplish reduced phosphate-dependence of Azolla-Anabaena symbiotic nitrogen-fixing complex in wet agricultural fields/A. Vaishampayan & Kalyan Banerjee. 8. Agroecology of diazotrophic cyanobacteria/M.N. Jha, S.S. Sharma & V.K. Jha. 9. Phytoplankton in rivers of India/Nomita Sen. 10. Monitoring of rivers through biological devices/R.N. Yadava & K.S. Bilgrami. 11. Ecology of Hooghly estuary, West Bengal/S.C. Santra. 12. Phytoplankton and primary productivity of the estuaries of Kerala/M.V.N. Panikkar & P. Sindhu. 13. Biotransferance and biomagnification of heavy metals through different trophic organisms of the marine food chains/V.N.R. Rao & S. Govindarajan. 14. Bioaccumulation, toxicity and tolerance of toxic metals in algae/U.N. Rai & S.B. Agrawal. 15. Cyanophages, a unique group of cyanobacterial viruses: present status and future prospects/Surendra Singh. 16. Ecophysiology and management of Chara/A.K. Chatterji & P. Guha. 17. Ecophysiological manipulations following treatments with certain pesticides in selected phytoplankton/M.S. Jha & C.N. Jha.