Biology of the Red Algae

Biology of the Red Algae is the first comprehensive monograph to be written on the Rhodophyta in over fifteen years. Since that time, 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 unobtainable previously. This book presents an authoratitive review on the current state of knowledge on the biology of the red algae. Written by a group of 26 internationally renowned experts, the eighteen chapters of Biology of the Red Algae range from molecular and cellular to biocheical, physiological, organismal, and ecological aspects of this important group of algae. Together they provide a much-needed modern reference text for students, oceanography, and plant evolution.Cole, Kathleen M. is the author of 'Biology of the Red Algae' with ISBN 9780521343015 and ISBN 0521343011.