Photosynthetic pigments of algae. 1989. figs. tabs. XIII,334 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

Deals with the physical and chemical properties of the photosynthetic pigments found in algae of different types (blue-green, red, golden-brown, yellow-green, brown, and green). Methods used for extracting and purifying the pigments and their value in classifying the various types of algae are discussed in detail.

Intended primarily as a reference text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate phycologists, this book contains detailed tables of the physical properties of the pigments (absorption and fluorescence-emission spectra and extinction coefficients), and brings together data on the distribution of algal pigments in relation to current hypotheses of the evolution of algae.

Second hand copy. Good state.