Algae: Volume 1, Myxophyceae, Peridinieae, Bacillarieae, Chlorphyceae (Paperback)

George Stephen West (1876 1919) was a prominent British botanist specialising in freshwater algae. In 1906 he became a lecturer in botany at the University of Birmingham and was later appointed the Mason Professor of Botany. This volume was first published in 1916 as the first of the Cambridge Botanical Handbooks series and provides a description of both marine and freshwater algae in the Myxophyceae, Peridinieae, Bacillarieae and Chlorophyceae classes. West describes the habitat, biological conditions, distribution, internal and external structures and life history of these algae in great detail, with a bibliography concluding each chapter. The book provided the first detailed description of the Myxophyceae (or blue-green) class of algae, and provides an insight into knowledge and classification of algae at the time of publication. A second volume containing a full taxonomic account of freshwater algae was planned, but not published owing to the author's death in 1919.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	G.S. West
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	490
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-01322-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Phycology, algae & lichens
LSN:	1-108-01322-8
Barcode:	9781108013222

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