Introduction to Phytoplanktons: Diversity and Ecology

The book, An Introduction to Phytoplanktons - Diversity and Ecology would be a very useful as it covers a wide aspects of phytoplankton study including the general idea about cyanobacteria and algal kingdom. It contains different topics related to very basic idea of phytoplanktons like, types, taxonomic description and the key for identification etc. which are needed in class room teaching. Together with it, very modern aspects of phytoplankton study including different methodologies needed for research students of botany, ecology, limnology and environmental biology are also included.§The first chapter is very basic but informative for class room teaching, where a lot of information related to algal and phytoplankton classification algal pigments, algal bloom and their control, algal toxins, wetlands algae, ecological significance of phytoplanktons etc. is given in a concise way. A general key for identification of common phytoplankton genera is also included for students who will be able to identify these genera based on the light microscopic characters.§In Chapters 2-4, different aspects of phytoplankton research like primary productivity, community pattern analysis and their ecological parameter analysis have been discussed with detail procedures. Statistical analysis is also discussed in detail.§Chapter 5 includes case studies related to review, phytoplankton diversity and dynamics study.§