Freshwater Algae of North America
Subtitle: Ecology and Classification (Aquatic Ecology)
Contributors: James H. Thorp (Series Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: November 19, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 917
ISBN-13: 9780127415505
First sentence: Algae are treated in this book in the same sense as they are in many introductory phycology texts (e.g., Van den Hoek et al., 1995; Sze 1998; Graham and Wilcox, 2000); that is, they are considered to be a loose group of organisms that have all or most of the following characteristics: aquatic, photosynthetic, simple vegetative structures without a vascular system, and reproductive bodies that lack a sterile layer of protecting cells.