Preface; 1. History of chrysophyte research; Part I. Phylogeny, Systematics
and Evolution: 2. Evolution of plastid genomes; 3. A modern concept of
chrysophycean systematics; 4. Current status of chrysophyte 'splinter
groups': synurophytes, pedinellids, silicoflagellates; Part II.
Development, Physiology and Nutrition: 5. Comparative aspects of
chrysophyte nutrition with emphasis on carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen
metabolism; 6. Mixotrophy in chrysophytes; 7. Biomineralization and scale
production in the Chrysophyta; 8. Immunological and ultrastructural studies
of scale development and deployment in Apedinella and Mallomonas; Part III.
Ecology, Paleocology and Reproduction: 9. Chrysophyte blooms in the
plankton and neuston of marine and freshwater systems; 10. Biogeography of
chrysophytes in Finnish lakes; 11. The distribution of chrysophytes along
environmental gradients; 12. The influence of zooplankton herbivory on the
biogeography of chrysophyte algae; 13. Application of chrysophytes to
problems in paleolimnology; Part IV. Contributed Original Papers: 14.
Mallomonas variabilis sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae) with stomatocysts found in
Lake Kinnevesi, Finland; 15. Scale morphology and growth characteristics of
clones of Synura petersenii (Synurophyceae) at different temperatures; 16.
Status of the Chrysamoebales (Chrysophyceae): observations on Chrysamoeba
pyrenoidifera, Rhizochromulina marina and Lagynion delicatulum; 17. The
genus Paraphysomonas from Indian rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks.
