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Phytoplankton account for more than 90 per cent of the biomass of living organisms in the world’s seas and produce 50 per cent of the atmospheric oxygen we breathe. They form the base of all marine food webs and play a critical role in shaping global climate. There is an increasing appreciation of their value as key biological indicators of ocean health and the impact of climate change on marine life, fisheries and humans.
Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters, the product of decades of research by Professor Gustaaf Hallegraeff and 11 collaborators, provides descriptions and illustrations of 541 species known from the estuarine, coastal and offshore waters of southern Australia. It includes more than 1100 photographs and drawings, and represents the first guide for the identification of these fundamentally important microscopic algae in the temperate Australasian region. The book, incorporating comprehensive bibliographies and a glossary of technical terms, will become an indispensable resource for oceanographers, fisheries biologists, aquaculture managers, as well as enquiring non-specialists.
About this book
Book series
Algae of Australia
Publishers
Australian Biological Resources Study/
CSIRO Publishing
Year
2010
Authors
G.M.Hallegraeff
C.J.S.Bolch
D.R.A.Hill
I.Jameson
J.-M.LeRoi
A.McMinn
S.Murray
M.F.de Salas
K.Saunders
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 10039 8
Hardcover set
ISBN-13: 978 0 643 09375 1
Size
250 × 176 mm (B5)
Number of pages
vi + 421 pages
index, glossary, bibliography
Binding
Hardcover
section stitched
Illustrations
1 colour map
130 black and white plates
Key
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