Since the advent of the electron microscope, there has been a dramatic increase in our understanding of the microalgae. With contributions from leading researchers from around the world, this book presents a completely up-to-date survey of the prymnesiophyte algae. Ubiquitous in their distribution--particularly as members of the marine phytoplankton--the prymnesiophyte algae has long been recognized for production of fish toxins and for its importance as geological markers via the preservation of their mineralized remains. But the Prymnesiophyta have achieved considerable notoriety in recent years not only because they have they been responsible for disastrous ichthyotoxic blooms in Scandinavian coastal waters, but because it now appears that their production of volatile sulphur compounds and calcifying mineralization may be adversely affecting our climate. This volume is the first book to bring together the scattered literature on this group and covers all the main aspects of Prymnesiophyte biology--including taxonomy, structure, ecology, biochemistry, origins, and evolution. Students and marine biologists studying algae, plankton, and ecology, as well as botanical microbiologists will want to read this important volume.

October 1756 ...A young English girl is kidnapped from her family by a mad and ruthless mercenary in a plot of revenge against her mother, who jilted him for another. A night of vengeful madness results in a daughter, Claire, who grows up in the Scottish Lowlands not knowing her true parentage. After discovering her true identity, she must leave the only family she has ever known to escape a family seeking to destroy her. She flees across the ocean to a land seeking its own freedom, and there she must confront two men from her past; one intent on murder and one intent on winning her heart.

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