Ebook: Algae and Man: Based on lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute July 22 – August 11, 1962 Louisville, Kentucky

With the continuous increase in human population and its constant demands on the aquatic environment, there has been a compounding of the interrelationships between algae and man. These relatively simple green plants not too long ago were often considered as merely biological curiosities. Within the past twenty-five years, with advances in technology and the increased eutrophication of lakes and streams, the interplay between algae and man has become more complex and more im­ portant. Problems of taste, odor, toxicity, or obnoxious growth caused by algae are unfortunately quite familiar to the water supplier and to the public health worker. Algae have met their role in the space age as a possible source for food or as a gas ex­ changer. In order to explore any of these practical problems, it is essential to have adequate, basic knowledge of algal taxonomy, physiology, cytogenetics and ecology. This book is the outgrowth of a North Atlantic Treaty Organi­ zation Advanced Study Institute in which authorities in both the applied and basic fields of phycology, as well as in cognate disci­ plines, met and discussed various topics related to algae. It is of significance to note that this was the first NATO Advanced Study Institute to be held in the United States and that it had for its theme a subject which is of import for the welfare of all mankind.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Contributions of Current Research to Algal Systematics....Pages 1-30
Criteria and Procedures in Present-Day Algal Taxonomy....Pages 31-58
The Gross Classification of Algae....Pages 59-64
The Cytology of the Phaeophyta—A Review of Recent Developments, Current Problems, and Techniques....Pages 65-76
Environmental Conditions and the Pattern of Metabolism in Algae....Pages 77-85
Micronutrient Requirements for Green Plants, Especially Algae....Pages 86-119
Some Problems Remaining in Algae Culturing....Pages 120-137
The Ecology of Benthic Algae....Pages 138-184
A Discussion of Natural and Abnormal Diatom Communities....Pages 185-204
The Ecology of Plankton Algae....Pages 205-220
Principles of Primary Productivity: Photosynthesis Under Completely Natural Conditions....Pages 221-238
Algae in Water Supplies of the United States....Pages 239-261
Algal Problems Related to the Eutrophication of European Water Supplies, and a Bio-Assay Method to Assess Fertilizing Influences of Pollution on Inland Waters....Pages 262-299
The Biotic Relationships within Water Blooms....Pages 300-306
Toxic Algae....Pages 307-336
Extracellular Products of Algae....Pages 337-367
Algae and Medicine....Pages 368-412
Mass Culture of Microalgae for Photosynthetic Gas Exchange....Pages 413-425
The Future of Phycology....Pages 426-434

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Contributions of Current Research to Algal Systematics....Pages 1-30
Criteria and Procedures in Present-Day Algal Taxonomy....Pages 31-58
The Gross Classification of Algae....Pages 59-64
The Cytology of the Phaeophyta—A Review of Recent Developments, Current Problems, and Techniques....Pages 65-76
Environmental Conditions and the Pattern of Metabolism in Algae....Pages 77-85
Micronutrient Requirements for Green Plants, Especially Algae....Pages 86-119
Some Problems Remaining in Algae Culturing....Pages 120-137
The Ecology of Benthic Algae....Pages 138-184
A Discussion of Natural and Abnormal Diatom Communities....Pages 185-204
The Ecology of Plankton Algae....Pages 205-220
Principles of Primary Productivity: Photosynthesis Under Completely Natural Conditions....Pages 221-238
Algae in Water Supplies of the United States....Pages 239-261
Algal Problems Related to the Eutrophication of European Water Supplies, and a Bio-Assay Method to Assess Fertilizing Influences of Pollution on Inland Waters....Pages 262-299
The Biotic Relationships within Water Blooms....Pages 300-306
Toxic Algae....Pages 307-336
Extracellular Products of Algae....Pages 337-367
Algae and Medicine....Pages 368-412
Mass Culture of Microalgae for Photosynthetic Gas Exchange....Pages 413-425
The Future of Phycology....Pages 426-434
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