Carole A. Lembi / J. Robert Waaland (eds.)

Algae and Human Affairs

Herausgeber: Carole a., Lembi; Waaland, J. Robert; Lembi, Carole A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Algae and Human Affairs provides a comprehensive survey of the major roles of algae in present and future human life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 961g
• ISBN-13: 9780521044400
• ISBN-10: 0521044405
• Artikelnr.: 23102127

Inhaltsangabe

Editors' preface; Part I. Algae and Their Role in Natural Ecosystems: 1.
The algae: an overview Marilyn M. Harlin and W. Marshall Darley; 2.
Structure and role of algae in tropical reef communities Mark M. Littler
and Diane S. Littler; 3. Algae and the environment: the Great Lakes case
Eugene F. Stoermer; Part II. Algae for Food and Food Supplements: 4.
Porphyra as food: cultivation and economics Thomas F. Mumford Jr and Akio
Miura; 5. Cultivated edible kelp Louis D. Druehl; 6. Food and food products
from seaweeds Isabella A. Abbott; 7. Spirulina: a model for microalgae as
human food Alan Jassby; 8. Some public health aspects of microalgal
products Alan Jassby; Part III. Algae in Industry, Environmental
Management, and Agriculture: 9. Commercial production and applications of
algal hydrocolloids Jerry G. Lewis, Norman F. Stanley and G. Gordon Guist;
10. Lipids and polyols from microalgae Kenneth G. Spencer; 11. The role of
microalgae in liquid waste treatment and reclamation William J. Oswald; 12.
Hydrogen production by algal water splitting Elias Greenbaum; 13. Products
from fossil algae Richard W. George; 14. Algae and agriculture Blaine
Metting, William R. Rayburn and Pierre A. Reynaud; Part IV. Adverse Impacts
of Algae: 15. Marine dinoflagellate blooms: dynamics and impacts Karen A.
Steidinger and Gabriel A. Vargo; 16. Hazards of freshwater blue-green algae
(cyanobacteria) Paul R. Gorham and Wayne W. Carmichael; 17. Marine
biofouling L. V. Evans; 18. Algae as weeds: economic impact, ecology and
management alternatives Carole A. Lembi, Steven W. O'Neal and David F.
Spencer; Part V. The Future of Algae in Human Affairs: 19. Algae in space
Robert A. Wharton Jr, David T. Smernoff and Maurice M. Averner; 20. The
genetic improvement of algae; progress and prospects John P. van der Meer;
21. A future of phycotechnology Arthur Michio Nonomura; Indexes.