Overview

This book presents the phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of freshwater red algae. Its content is divided into five chapters. The first chapter provides a brief history of freshwater red algal research, habits and collecting methods, general biogeographic trends and an overview of the taxonomic/phylogenetic placement of freshwater taxa. The other four chapters are taxonomic treatments of non-marine red algae based on taxonomic levels, i.e. classes within the phylum Rhodophyta, orders within each class, families within each order, and genera within each family. Descriptions, phylogenetic data (including numerous trees), geographic range (maps for most species) and dichotomous keys for identification are presented. Comprehensive data are provided for more than 220 species.

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Author:   Morgan L Vis ,  Orlando Necchi Jr
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.694kg
ISBN:  

9783030839697

ISBN 10:   3030839699
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   05 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

History of freshwater red algae; taxonomic diversity and phylogeny; biogeographic trends; how to collect freshwater red algae; scope and organization of this book.- Subphylum Cyanidiophytina: Class Cyanidiophyceae; Subphylum Proteorhodophytina: Classes Compsopogonophyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae and Stylonematophyceae.- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Classes Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Subclasses Corallinophycidae, Hildenbrandiophycidae and Rhodymeniophycidae).- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Orders Acrochaetiales, Balbianiales and Thoreales.- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Order Batrachospermales.

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A complete richly illustrated 338-page book that represents the icon of knowledge about the charismatic group of red freshwater algae throughout world, as a fruit of decades of dedication to reach this level of understanding. ... this book presents modern, up-to-date and comprehensive information on the taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeographic patters of freshwater red algae around the world. I strongly recommend the book. (Mutue Toyota Fujii, Brazilian Journal of Botany, Vol. 45, 2022)

Author Information

Morgan L Vis is Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University (US) since 1996, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Phycological Society of America (2018-2022) and President of the International Phycological Society (2020-2021). Orlando Necchi Jr is Professor of Botany at São Paulo State University (Brazil) since 1986, the author of the book River Algae (2016) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Journal of Botany (2015-2020), both published by Springer.

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