Phycology (algae and seaweed) Books
Thames and Hudson Ltd The Coastal Forager
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HarperCollins Publishers Seaweed The sustainable 2023 guide to our oceans
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE BEST MIXED MEDIA BOOK AWARD AT THE CREATIVE BOOK AWARDS 2024A gorgeous guide to foraging, pressing and using seaweeds for a wealth of home creative projects. Both aspirational and inspirational, this guide to bringing the outdoors inside is quite unlike anything on the market and will inspire all readers to begin their beach foraging journey.A beautifully packaged, comprehensive visual guide to seaweed by design company Molesworth & Bird. Seaweed will inspire readers to look beyond the tangled piles of seaweed washed up at high tide, to discover its exceptional beauty and appreciate its many uses. The book celebrates the unique appeal of the plants and showcases the myriad ways to bring their beauty indoors, with the authors providing step-by-step activities so you can create your own prints at home. Whether pressing a deep khaki green Peacock's Tail seaweed or creating a stunning cyanotype with Eelgrass, the possibilities are endless with this seashore bounty.The book is packed with glorious photography of the UK coastlines where the seaweeds can be foraged, alongside stylish interiors, and scenes of beach cook-outs and wild swimming spots. It also includes a library of pressed seaweeds presented in colour categories, with notes for identification and use. There is expert guidance on collecting seaweeds, and it will show how foraged seaweeds can be used at home for cooking, dyeing and printing fabrics, and as part of your skincare routine. It explores the fascinating history of seaweed collecting and investigates its potential as a healthy food source and sustainable material, whether foraged or farmed.Trade Review‘Framed foraged seaweed is the wholesome homeware trend you need to know now […] these days the interiors cognoscenti are adorning walls in seaweed art in chic palettes of plum, moss and rhubarb’ – Sunday Times Style, 30th Oct 2022
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Elliott & Thompson Limited Bloom: From Food to Fuel, The Epic Story of How
Book SynopsisSay 'algae' and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would exist.; There are as many algae on earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for aeons. Algae created our oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans and coral reefs. Crude oil is made of dead algae, and algae are the ancestors of all plants.; Today, seaweed production is a multi-billion-dollar industry, with algae hard at work to make your sushi, beer, paint, toothpaste, shampoo and so much more. Delving into science and history, in this revelatory book Ruth Kassinger takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes, and into-the-kitchen tour. We'll meet the algae innovators working towards a sustainable future: from seaweed farmers in South Korea, to scientists using it to clean the dead zones in our waterways, to the entrepreneurs fighting to bring algae fuel and plastics to market.; Bloom will overturn everything you thought you knew about algae and the immense power that they hold. This could be the future of our rapidly changing world.Trade Review“Truly mind expanding ... science writing at its most engaging and rewarding” -- Tonto Williams, Electronic Scrapbook; "Algae are among the earth's oldest life-forms, pervasive in everything from pond scum to crude oil. Kassinger explains their history and biology, and makes a persuasive case for their future importance." —New York Times Book Review; “Gives a distinct view into these underappreciated organisms and demonstrates our intertwined history with algae. Hopefully, it will help readers see algae in a different light." — Science Magazine; "Fascinating and relevant...As Kassinger finds unique nuggets within algae's backstory and possible future, she unravels amazing, microscopic details of this vital resource...Where it gets really interesting is her detailed explanation of the large role algae played in the complicated, multistep process of human evolution, supplementing our ancestors’ diets with iodine and the omega-3 oil DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), both essential ingredients for developing larger brains. And it has continued to serve as a nutritious food source for many cultures ever since...Kassinger has penned a wondrous story of this multifaceted, often misunderstood microorganism whose existence is vital to our own." —BookPage, starred review; "We often look for big solutions, but the reality is that the smallest things often offer hope. This globetrotting book showcases the 'algae innovators' (the phrase of the month) exploring what we can learn from these often-ignored plants." —EcoWatch; "Deep and enlightening...Readers will learn more about algae than they ever imagined (and relish every minute of it). Comparisons to Mary Roach and Susan Orlean are well-deserved, and Kassinger’s erudite and wide-ranging approach should entice readers with a wide range of interests, from food to fashion, bioengineering, marine biology, farming, and general fascination with the wonders of nature. Gardeners will welcome Kassinger's latest, and everyone else will feel lucky to discover this winsome writer." —Booklist, starred review; "A fun and fascinating deep dive into the natural history, current uses, and vast potential of algae...Accessible and enthralling...Kassinger delivers the powerful and optimistic message that slime just may be our savior...Thorough but not dense, informative but never boring—a delight from start to finish." —Kirkus, starred review; "In chirpy prose chock-full of homespun metaphors...Kassinger turns an obscure subject into delightful reading...Even readers who never expected to enjoy a book about slime will find this an informative and charming primer to 'the world’s most powerful engines.'" —Publishers Weekly; "Compelling ... there is something for everyone, from committed phycologists to people who hitherto (but hopefully no longer) regarded algae as an inconvenience or worse. Blanket weed may never seem the same again" -- Nature; "With brio and great wisdom, Ruth Kassinger demonstrates how the apparently humble and often disregarded algae ("pond scum") are actually amongst the major engines of life on our planet. Bloom is a classic of our environmental crisis, alongside books such as Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction." - Peter Forbes, author of The Gecko's Foot; "A book full of delights and surprises . . . This is a beautiful evocation of the many ways that our past and future are entangled in their emerald strands" - David George Haskell, author of Pulitzer Prize-finalist The Forest Unseen; "Ruth Kassinger is a witty and affable guide throughout this globetrotting celebration of an overlooked life form" - Thor Hanson, author of Buzz, The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers; 'Engaging and deeply informative' - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryTable of ContentsContents; Introduction ix; Section I: In the Beginning; 1. Pond Life 3; 2. Something New Under the Sun 13; 3. Algae Get; Complicated 21; 4. Land Ho, Going Once 27; 5. Land Ho, Going Twice 37; 6. Looking for Lichens 43; Section II: Glorious Food; 1. Brain Food 55; 2. Seaweed Salvation 69; 3. On a Grand Scale 79; 4. Welshmen's Delight 89; 5. A Way of Life 99; 6. Flash! 113; 7. Spirulina 123; Section III: Practical Matters; 1. Feeding Plants and Animals 131; 2. In the Thick of It 147; 3. Land Ho, Going Thrice 159; 4. Seaweed Stuff 169; 5. Algae Oil 185; 6. The Algae's Not for Burning 203; 7. Ethanol 215; 8. The Future of Algae Fuel 229; Section IV: Algae and the Changing Climate; 1. Gadzoox 243; 2. Saving the Reefs? 255; 3. A Plague Upon Us 273; 4. Clean-up 283; 5. Making Monsters 295 6. Geoengineering 303; Epilogue 315; Acknowledgements 323; Appendix: Recipes 325; Selected and Annotated Bibliography 341; Index 371
£15.29
Short Books Ltd Light to Life: The miracle of photosynthesis and
Book Synopsis"Read this book and you will learn how photosynthesis was discovered, how it works, and how we can produce more food to feed the world." - PAUL NURSE, Nobel Prize winner and author of What is Life?In Light to Life, biologist Raffael Jovine takes us on a journey of discovery into the intricate, beautiful and often surprising processes that convert energy from the sun into life and how all-important these are to our survival.Despite the unprecedented challenges the Earth faces from global warming, habitat loss, air pollution and population growth; Jovine shows us that there is hope to be found. Photosynthesis is the very source of life: it has the power not just to produce food, but to reshape continents, drive biogeochemical cycles, stabilise the climate and regulate weather.In this exciting, revelatory book, Jovine unveils a blueprint for the future: greening the desert, bringing the ocean on land, planting mangrove forests and oyster banks, growing algae for animal feed, human food and soil carbon... He demonstrates how by harnessing photosynthesis we can regenerate the planet and revise the way we human beings interact with it.This book will help you to see the world in a different way, in all its wonderful detail - through the photosynthetic pigments in your eyes.Trade Review'This book is about the magic of photosynthesis and how plants and algae turn sunlight into energy to make life on this planet possible. Read it and you will learn how photosynthesis was discovered, how it works, and how we can produce more food to feed the world.' -- PAUL NURSE, Nobel Prize winner and author of * What is Life? *'Photosynthesis is not only remarkable, it is the foundation of who we are and the lives we can lead. This outstanding book shows that it is also fascinating, inspirational, and the key to building a sustainable future.' -- LORD STERN, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics
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Legend Press Ltd The Seaweed Revolution: How Seaweed Has Shaped
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Cambridge University Press The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles
Book SynopsisBuilding on the success of the first edition and featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, this expanded and thoroughly revised second edition provides an indispensable guide to the freshwater and terrestrial algae of the British Isles. It is an up-to-date account of and identification tool for more than 2400 algal species (excluding diatoms), highlighting their wider distribution around the world. Detailed descriptions are fully illustrated with clear line drawings and photographs including 190 full-page plates, eight of which are full colour. In addition, user-friendly keys enable the accurate identification of specimens to the level of genus and species. This edition includes expanded information on ecology and the implications of recent molecular research, along with coverage of 200 extra species. The accompanying online material provides a colour photo catalogue, highly illustrated articles and video clips, making this the comprehensive reference tool for both resTable of ContentsList of contributors; Foreword J. W. G. Lund; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Distribution and ecology; History of freshwater algal studies in the British Isles; Field methods; Laboratory methods; Water framework directive J. Krokowski; Access to live algal cultures from the British Isles J. G. Day; Classification; Phylum Cyanophyta (Blue-Green Algae/Cyanobacteria) B. A. Whitton; Phylum Rhodophyta (Red Algae) R. G. Sheath and A. R. Sherwood; Phylum Euglenophyta (Euglenoids) K. Wołowski; Phylum Cryptophyta (Cryptomonads) G. Novarino; Phylum Pyrrophyta (Dinoflagellates) J. M. Lewis and J. D. Dodge; Phylum Raphidophyta A. Pentecost; Phylum Haptophyta (Prymnesiophyta) H. R. Preisig; Phylum Chrysophyta (Golden Algae) J. Kristiansen and H. R. Preisig; Phylum Xanthophyta (Yellow-Green Algae) L. R. Johnson and R. Merritt; Phylum Eustigmatophyta D. M. John; Phylum Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) M. G. Kelly and E. Y. Haworth; Phylum Phaeophyta (Brown Algae) J. D. Wehr; Phylum Prasinophyta Ø. Moestrup; Phylum Chlorophyta (Green Algae) D. M. John, A. Pentecost, P. M. Tsarenko, J. Huxley, F. Rindi, I. Titley, A. J. Brook, L. R. Johnson, D. B. Williamson, J. E. Bryant and N. F. Stewart; Phylum Glaucophyta B. A. Whitton; Glossary; Standard form of authors of algal names J. F. John; Sources of illustrations or material; References; Taxonomic index; Subject index.
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Columbia University Press Bibliography of Seeds
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Yale University Press Keys to Lichens of North America
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Te Papa Press New Zealand Seaweeds An Illustrated Guide
Book SynopsisThe definitive and expert guide to the seaweeds of New Zealand's coastal waters.Trade Review'Seaweed! It's awesome, and the proof is in the beautiful images collected in New Zealand Seaweeds … Over 150 genera and 250 key species are described, with each entry illustrated by underwater photographs as well as herbarium scans, microscopic photographs and reproductions of celebrated botanical artist Nancy Adams’ paintings' - Newsroom; full page illustrated review in May-June 2020 issue of NZ Geographic; author feature in Canvas, NZ Herald 28 March 2020; author feature in North & South, April 2020; author feature on RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, 9 March 2020.Table of ContentsIntroduction 7 Green algae: Chlorophyta 21 Brown algae: Ochrophyta 55 Red algae: Rhodophyta 139 Acknowledgements 327 Glossary 328 Recommended reading 332 Image credits 334 Taxonomic index 339 Index 347
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Brill Being Algae: Transformations in Water, Plants
Book SynopsisWater plants of all sizes, from the 60-meter long Pacific Ocean giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) to the micro ur-plant blue-green algae, deserve attention from critical plant studies. This is the first book in environmental humanities to approach algae, swimming across the sciences, humanities, and arts, to embody the mixed nature and collaborative identity of algae. Ranging from Medieval Islamic texts describing algae and their use, Japanese and Nordic cultural practices based in seaweed and algae, and confronting the instrumentalization of seaweed to mitigate cow methane release and the hype of algal photobioreactors, amongst many other standpoints, this volume comprehensively addresses the ancestors of terrestrial plants through appreciating their unique aquatic medium.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Algal mor(t)ality 1 There’s Something in the Water: Algae, Eliminativism, and Our Moral Obligation to Biological Beings M. Polo Camacho and Andrew Lopez 2 Seeking an Algal Perspective: Exploring “Harmful” Algae through an Interview with Nodularia spumigena Jesse D. Peterson 3 Contemplating Life, Death and Time Together with Diatoms Nina Lykke 4 Communicating Algae Polycultures: Photobioreactors, the Phycosphere and Its Living Waters Yogi Hendlin, Johanna Weggelaar, Natalia Derossi and Sergio Mugnai 5 Algae in the Human World: Beauty and Taste Come First Ole G. Mouritsen and J. Lucas Pérez-Lloréns 6 An Investigation of Algae’s Applications, Inspired by Indigenous and Vernacular Craft Traditions Kathryn Larsen 7 Uses of and Considerations on Algae in Medieval Islamic Geography Mustafa Yavuz 8 Microalgae and Human Affairs: Massive Increase in Knowledge Drives Changes in Perceptions of Good and Bad Blooms Gustaaf Hallegraeff 9 Becoming Marimo: The Curious Case of a Charismatic Algae and Imagined Indigeneity Jon L. Pitt 10 “A Seaweed Goes to War”: Agar as a Thermal Medium in C.K. Tseng’s research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1943–1946) Melody Jue 11 Augmented Polycultures: Scaling up Algal Ecosystems and Design of a Biofouling Aesthetic Brenda Parker and Marcos Cruz 12 Phytofictions and Phytofication Julia Lohmann 13 Seaweed as the Denizens of the New Commons in the Anthropocene Soo Jung Ryu and Cintia Organo Quintana Being Algae ~ Coda Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Biotechnological Applications of Microalgae
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Unravelling the algae
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Cambridge University Press Algae and Human Affairs
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Cambridge University Press Handbook of Phycological Methods
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Cambridge University Press Microalgae Biotechnology Biotechnology and Microbiology 10 Cambridge Studies in Biotechnology Series Number 10
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Cambridge University Press Handbook of Phycological Methods
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Cambridge University Press Biology of the Red Algae
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Cambridge University Press Handbook of Phycological Methods
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Cambridge University Press Handbook of Phycological Methods
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Cambridge University Press Handbook of Phycological Methods
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Cambridge University Press Limetrees and Basswoods
Book SynopsisClarifies the notoriously confused and controversial taxonomy of lime trees, presenting data from extensive field studies of natural populations around the world. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided for all recognised taxa, along with more general examinations of lime tree ecology, morphology and horticulture.Trade Review'This is an excellent book that will remain the benchmark on lime taxonomy and ecology for many decades to come. It is packed with ecological information, well-written and deserves a place in every library.' British Ecological SocietyTable of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the Tiliaceae and genus Tilia; 2. General morphology of Tilia; Appendix. Glossary of terms used in descriptions; 3. Cellular anatomy; 4. A brief history of taxonomy of the genus; 5. Taxonomic revision: concepts and methods of description; 6. Chromosome numbers, molecular biology and hybridization; 7. Geographic and ecological data; 8. European and west Asian taxa; 9. East Asian taxa 1: sections Endochrysea, Henryana and Anastraea; 10. East Asian taxa 2: section Astrophilyra; 11. American taxa; 12. Geological history of the genus; 13. Physiological ecology of Tilia; 14. Floral and reproductive ecology of Tilia; 15. Association of Tilia with human activity; 16. Propagation and cultivation; Appendix 1. Herbarium codes; Appendix 2. A brief explanation of physical and chemical terms and concepts used in the ecological sections; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Terrestrial Photosynthesis in a Changing Environment
Book SynopsisUnderstanding how photosynthesis responds to the environment is crucial for improving plant production and maintaining biodiversity in the context of global change. Covering all aspects of photosynthesis, from basic concepts to methodologies, from the organelle to whole ecosystem levels, this is an integrated guide to photosynthesis in an environmentally dynamic context. Focusing on the ecophysiology of photosynthesis how photosynthesis varies in time and space, responds and adapts to environmental conditions and differs among species within an evolutionary context the book features contributions from leaders in the field. The approach is interdisciplinary and the topics covered have applications for ecology, environmental sciences, agronomy, forestry and meteorology. It also addresses applied fields such as climate change, biomass and biofuel production and genetic engineering, making a valuable contribution to our understanding of the impacts of climate change on the primary producTrade Review'Flexas, Loreto and Medrano have edited a very useful and comprehensive multiauthor book, with contributions from leaders in the field, that provides an integrated guide to the issue of photosynthesis and its responses to a changing environment. To my mind, there is no other book like it and the editors have filled a significant gap in the field of plant ecophysiology. The book is well written and well conceived and will hopefully be widely read by university students, professors, and researchers in these diverse fields. [It] will thus contribute greatly to the fostering of 'photosynthetic thinking' in young (and old) biologists of all sorts. I will pass my … copy on to my students, and I would strongly recommend the book. It is one that we plant scientists must have on our shelves for continual reference.' Josep Penuelas, Trends in Ecology and EvolutionTable of ContentsList of abbreviations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Photosynthesis: The Process: 1. Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment; 2. A synopsis about the biochemistry and photochemistry of terrestrial photosynthesis; 3. Photosynthetic regulation; 4. Interactions between photosynthesis and day respiration; 5. The ecophysiology and global biology of C4 photosynthesis; 6. Ecophysiology of CAM photosynthesis; 7. Special photosynthetic adaptations; 8. Models of photosynthesis; Part II. Measuring Photosynthesis: 9. Gas exchange analysis: basics and problems; 10. Optical methods for investigation of leaf photosynthesis; 11. Stable isotopic compositions related to photosynthesis, photorespiration and respiration; 12. Mesophyll conductance to CO2; 13. Biochemical and molecular techniques for the study of photosynthetic processes; 14. Measuring CO2 exchange at canopy scale: the eddy covariance technique; 15. Remote sensing of photosynthesis; Part III. Photosynthesis Response to Single Environmental Factors: 16. Photosynthetic responses to radiation; 17. Photosynthetic responses to increased CO2 and air pollutants; 18. Response of photosynthesis to low temperature; 19. Photosynthetic responses to high temperature; 20. Photosynthesis under water deficits, flooding and salinity; 21. Photosynthetic responses to nutrient deprivation and toxicities; 22. Photosynthesis responses to biotic stress; Part IV. Photosynthesis in Time: 23. Photosynthesis during leaf development and ageing; 24. Evolution of photosynthesis – basic leaf morphological traits and diffusion and photosynthetic structures; 25. Evolution of photosynthesis – evolution and expansion of CAM and C4 photosynthetic types; Part V. Photosynthesis in Space: 26. Whole plant photosynthesis: potentials, limitations and physiological and structural controls; 27. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in the tropics; 28. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in desert ecosystems; 29. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in semi-arid environments; 30. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in temperate forests; 31. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in boreal, arctic and alpine ecosystems; 32. Crop photosynthesis; Part VI. Photosynthesis in a Global Context: 33. Photosynthetic water use efficiency; 34. Global change and photosynthesis; References; Index.
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John Bartram Association Travels of William Bartram Reconsidered
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