Algae and Human Affairs. 1988. (Digital reprint 2007). VII, 590 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Providesthe only current comprehensive survey of the major roles of algae inpresent and future human life. This detailed, up-to-date synthesis isdivided into four sections. The first reviews the natural roles of algaeas sources of oxygen, organic carbon compounds, and as bases of food-chains for higher trophic levels. The second group of chapters dealswith the commercial and economic value of algae to industry, energy,waste treatment, and agriculture. The third section discusses thedetrimental, sometimes disastrous, effects of algae in the form ofred-tide organisms, weeds, producers of freshwater toxins, and marinebiofouling. The final section considers current applications and futurepotential of algae to industry, in general, and, in particular, to spaceexploration and genetic engineering.