Fungi, Algae, and Protists
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2011
230 pages
978-1-61530-463-9 (ISBN)
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Fungi, protists, and algae are among the most diverse life forms on the planet. Tiny protists range from plants to animals. Algae range from single celled plants to 60-foot-long kelp. Fungi occupy a kingdom of their own. Although their place in nature-nei
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Content
- BOOK COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Fungi
- IMPORTANCE OF FUNGI
- FORM AND FUNCTION OF FUNGI
- SIZE RANGE
- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE
- BASIC MORPHOLOGY
- STRUCTURE OF THE THALLUS
- SPOROPHORES AND SPORES
- GROWTH
- NUTRITION
- CHAPTER 2 Life Cycle and Ecology of Fungi and Lichens
- REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES OF FUNGI
- ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- SEXUAL INCOMPATIBILITY
- SEXUAL PHEROMONES (HORMONES)
- LIFE CYCLE OF FUNGI
- ECOLOGY OF FUNGI
- LICHENS
- BASIC FEATURES OF LICHENS
- FORM AND FUNCTION OF LICHENS
- CHAPTER 3 Types of Fungi and Lichens
- TAXONOMIC FEATURES OF FUNGI
- SELECT GROUPS OF FUNGI
- ASCOMYCOTA
- BASIDIOMYCOTA
- CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
- MICROSPORIDIA
- OOMYCOTA
- SELECT LICHENS
- BEARD LICHEN
- ICELAND MOSS
- OAK MOSS
- PARMELIA
- CHAPTER 4 Protists
- GENERAL FEATURES OF PROTISTS
- FORM AND FUNCTION
- LOCOMOTION
- RESPIRATION AND NUTRITION
- REPRODUCTION AND LIFE CYCLES
- ECOLOGY OF PROTISTS
- EVOLUTION AND PALEOPROTISTOLOGY
- CHAPTER 5 Classification and Types of Protozoans
- MACROSYSTEMS OF PROTIST CLASSIFICATION
- DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERIZATION
- SELECT GROUPS OF PROTISTS
- AMOEBA
- CILIATE
- EUGLENA
- FLAGELLATE
- FORAMINIFERAN
- GREGARINE
- HELIOFLAGELLATE
- HELIOZOAN
- LEISHMANIA
- MYXOMYCETES
- OPALINID
- PARAMECIUM
- PLASMODIUM
- RADIOLARIAN
- SLIME MOLD
- STENTOR
- TRICHOMONAD
- TRYPANOSOMA
- VORTICELLA
- ZOOFLAGELLATE
- CHAPTER 6 Algae
- PHYSICAL AND ECOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ALGAE
- SIZE RANGE AND DIVERSITY OF STRUCTURE
- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE
- ECOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE
- TOXICITY
- FORM AND FUNCTION OF ALGAE
- THE ALGAL CELL
- FLAGELLA
- MITOSIS
- CELLULAR RESPIRATION
- PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND LIGHT-ABSORBING PIGMENTS
- THE EFFECTS OF WATER ON LIGHT ABSORPTION
- NUTRIENT STORAGE
- ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF NUTRIENT ABSORPTION
- REPRODUCTION AND LIFE HISTORIES
- CHAPTER 7 Evolution and Types of Algae
- EVOLUTION AND PALEONTOLOGY OF ALGAE
- CLASSIFICATION FEATURES
- SELECT GROUPS OF ALGAE
- GREEN ALGAE
- BROWN ALGAE
- DINOFLAGELLATES
- RED ALGAE
- CONCLUSION
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
