Phycotalk: Covering Physiology, Ecology, Cell Biology and Taxonomy of Algae and Cyanobacteria/edited by H.D. Kumar. 2 v., $63 (set).
Contents: Volume I: 1. The productivity of phytoplankton and its control by resource availability/ Max M. Tilzer, Universitat Konstanz, Germany. 2. Use of algal bioassays in polluted environments/C. Nalewajko, University of Toronto. 3. Ultrastructure of the chloroplast envelope in algae: functional and phylogenetic implications/Marcelle Lefort-Tran, Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie de la Photosynthese, C.N.R.S., Gif-sur-Yvette, France. 4. The pusule of dinoflagellates/Jean Cachon and Monique Cachon, Laboratoire de Protistologie Marine, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. 5. Iridescent bodies and physodes in eukaryotic algae/L. Pellegrini, Universite d' Aix-Marseille II; J. Gaillard, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris; and M. Th. L'Hardy-Halos, Laboratoire de Phycologie Marine et Morphogenese, Le Mans, France. 6. Circadian rhythmicity as demonstrated in marine planktonic dinoflagellates/Beatrice M. Sweeney, University of California-Santa Barbara, U.S.A. 7. Comparative physiology and biochemistry of Chlorella species as the basis for their taxonomy and their utilization in research and biotechnology/Erich Kessler, Institute fur Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie der Universitat, Erlangen, Germany.8. Sporangial form and function in the Nemaliophycidae (Rhodophyta)/Michael D. Guiry, The National University of Ireland and Linda M. Irvine, British Museum (Natural History). 9. The green algal class Ulvophyceae: ultrastructural character and classification/Hans J. Sluiman, Rijksherbarium, Leiden, The Netherlands. 10. Fine structure, taxonomy and distribution of silica scaled Chrysophyceae/Monika Durrschmidt, Institute fur Pflanzenokologie, Justus-Liebig-Universitat, Giessen, Germany. 11. Systematics of Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae)/Tadao Yoshida, Hokkaido University, Japan. 12. The evolutionary implications of kelp hybridization/ Michael Neushul, University of California-Santa Barbara, U.S.A. 13. Overview of Cystoseira studies with special reference to prospects for farming/Max Pellegrini and Marie Lahaye, Universite d'Aix-Marseille II, France. 14. Chromatin material of dinoflagellates/Peter J. Rizzo, Texas A & M University, U.S.A. 15. Dinoflagellate cell cycles/Deneb Karentz, University of California-San Francisco, U.S.A.
Volume II: 1. Inclusion bodies in the cyanobacteria/Thomas E.Jensen, Herbert H. Lehman College, U.S.A. 2. The cell envelope of cyanobacteria/Uwe Johannes Jurgens and Jurgen Weckesser, Institute fur Biologie II, Mikrobiologie, der Albert-Ludwig Universitat, Freiburg, Germany. 3. The heterocysts of cyanobacteria/D.G. Adams, University of Leeds, Britain. 4. Nitrogen assimilations in cyanobacteria/John C. Meeks, University of California-Davis, U.S.A. 5. The physiology and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation by non-heterocystous cyanobacteria/J.R. Gallon and A.E. Chaplin, University College of Swansea, Britain. 6. Hydrogen metabolism in cyanobacteria/Geoffrey D. Smith, The Australian National University. 7. Sulfur cycle in cyanobacteria/A.K. Verma, V.K.N. Menon & Ashok Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru Unversity, India. 8. Biology of Microcoleus/B.A. Whitton, University of Durham, Britain. 9. Spirulina and national development/L.V. Venkataraman, Cental Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India. 10. Recent progress in fluorescence microscopy of algae/Peter V. Sengbusch, Universitat Hamburg, Germany. 11. Some molecular and dynamic aspects of plastid morphology in algae/Eiji Hase, Teikyo University, Japan. 12. Ecology of subaerial algae/Y.C. Wee, National University of Singapore. 13. Phototaxis in flagellate algae/H. Kandeda and M. Furuya, University of Tokyo, Japan.(H.D. Kumar is on the faculty of the Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi)