Advances in Phycology/edited by B.N. Verma. 1998, 392 p., figs., $53.
Contents: Preface. 1. Biotechnological potential of microalgae/Dinesh Goyal and S.K. Goyal. 2. Prochlorophyta: a review/Samit Ray. 3. Morphogenesis of tapered blue-green algae/Abdul Aziz. 4. Cyanobacterial plasmids and cloning systems/Dinesh Goyal. 5. Phycobilisomes and environmental stress/Rajeshwar Prasad Sinha and Donat-Peter-Hader. 6. Cyanobacterial symbiosis/A.N. Rai and M. Borthakur. 7. Polymorphism in desmids/Vidyavati. 8. Conjugation in zygnemataceae/A.N. Kargupta. 9. Charophyta: morphotaxonomy and cytotaxonomy/B.N. Verma. 10. Cytological observations and evolutionary trends in the genus oedogonium link/S.B. Agrawal and B.R. Chaudhary. 11. Nutrient induced regulation of reproduction in algae/S.C. Agrawal. 12. Nitrogen fixation by non-heterocystous cyanobacteria/N. Anand. 13. Interaction of cyanobacteria with pesticides/S.P. Adhikary. 14. Algal responses to heavy metals with special reference to mechanism of toxicity and tolerance/P.K. Rai, Subhashree Pradhan and L.C. Rai. 15. Limnology of freshwater habitats of Dharwad/G.R. Hegde and Sujata M. Talwai. 16. Desiccation tolerance in terrestrial cyanobacteria/S.N. Tripathi. 17. Allelopathic interactions among algae/A.S. Ahluwalia. 18. Cyanobacteria and salinity tolerance: the mechanism/B.D. Kaushik. 19. Tidal submergence--the primary factor for benthic algal growth/M. Umamaheswara Rao. 20. Algal assessment of quality of domestic and industrial waste waters/J.P. Gaur and Mita Ghosh. 21. Algae based wastewater remediation systems/Ashish Bhatnagar and Monica Bhatnagar.
From the Foreword: "The present compendium embodies twenty five review articles covering diverse aspects of algae, contributed by eminent phycologists. The write ups encompass comprehensive information on morphology, physiology and ecology of algae. It also affords interesting reading on new emerging fields like cytotaxonomy, allelopathy, limnology and microalgal biotechnology. Written in simple and semi technical language, the volume is laden with useful information for research workers and students. It provides enough base material for initiating a person into the field of Algology."