River Algae
The content is focused on benthic communities showing how they play an in important role in the river ecosystems. Provides also information on taxonomy of river-inhabiting algal groups, including phylogeny, distribution, collection, preservation and
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River Algae
River Algae
Orlando Necchi Jr. Editor
River Algae
Editor Orlando Necchi Jr. Department of Zoology and Botany São Paulo State University São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
ISBN 978-3-319-31983-4 ISBN 978-3-319-31984-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31984-1
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I dedicated this book to my wife Vânia, my daughter Lisandra and my son Cauê, for the support, understanding and love along our journey that made my personal and professional life plenty of joy and accomplishments.
Foreword
Comments about algae in flowing waters have appeared in the scientific literature for at least a hundred and fifty years, with true scientific papers appearing towards the end of the nineteenth century and a rapid increase over the past 60 years. No journal has, however, dealt only with river algae, and the literature is scattered in many different types of publications, not just journals. River Algae provides overviews of all the main groups of algae to be found in flowing waters, including the taxonomy of characteristic species, physiological and descriptive ecology and the contribution of algae to river ecosystem processes. The book provides readers not only with an easy way of finding out about the many studies, but also how this information relates to topics such as pollution and environmental monitoring. A broad knowledge of the literature is especially important when dealing with practical matters. For instance, in the case of river algae causing nuisance problems, their control has sometimes been hindered by researchers failing to read relevant information published in the past. As discussed for diatom indices in the final chapter, the use of river algae for monitoring purp
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