Freshwater Red Algae: Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Biogeography

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.


Author: Morgan L. Vis, Orlando Necchi Jr
Publisher: Springer
Published: 03/05/2022
Pages: 338
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9783030839697
ISBN10: 3030839699
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Botany
- Science | Life Sciences | Ecology
- Science | Life Sciences | Marine Biology

About the Author
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.