Biology of the Red Algae. 1990. (Reprint 2011). illus. X, 528 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

This volume presents an authoritative review on the state of knowledge on the biology of the red algae. Written by a group of twenty-six internationally renowned experts, the eighteen chapters range from molecular and cellular to biochemical, physiological, organismal and ecological aspects of this important group of algae. In the past fifteen years, research on the red algae has greatly advanced and diversified; new technologies have extended the range of questions being studied and have yielded findings that would have been previously unobtainable. This is a much needed reference text for students,researchers, and teachers concerned with aquatic biology, phycology,limnology, oceanography and plant evolution.