Volume 1: Rhodophyta, By P. S. Dixon and L. M. Irvine. Part 1: Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. 1977. 90 figs. 264 p. Paper bd.

The result of many years' research carried out by the British Museum(Natural History) and the British Phycological Society, this is the first of a series of books which will be published under this title covering all the British and the majority of northern Atlantic seaweeds.In this first part of volume I (the first of 3 scheduled parts of this volume) a general introduction to the Rhodophyta -dealing with such topics as morphology, reproduction and economic utilization-is followed by treatment of the orders Nemaliales and Gigartinales. Each species described and illustrated, and notes on the ecology and distribution are given. Keys are included.

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