Seaweeds of the World : : A Guide to Every Order / / John Bothwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Bothwell, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: A Guide to Every Family ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 249 color + 17 b/w illus. 77 maps.

A lavishly illustrated guide to the seaweed families of the worldSeaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They are found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more than 800 feet; they can be microscopic or grow into giants many meters long. They’re incredibly efficient at using the materials found in the ocean and are increasingly used in the human world, in applications from food to fuel. They’re beautiful, too, with their undulating shapes anchored to the sea floor or drifting on the surface. Seaweeds aren’t plants: they’re algae, part of a huge and largely unfamiliar group of aquatic organisms. Seaweeds of the World makes sense of their complicated world, differentiating between the three main groups—red, green, and brown—and delving into their complex reproductive systems. The result is an unprecedented, accessible, and in-depth look at a previously hidden ocean world.Features more than 250 beautiful color photos as well as diagrams and distribution mapsCovers every major family and genus

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- A NATURAL HISTORY -- SEAWEED DIVERSITY -- CHLOROPHYTA: THE GREEN SEAWEEDS -- RHODOPHYTA THE RED SEAWEEDS -- PHAEOPHYCEAE THE BROWN SEAWEEDS -- GLOSSARY -- RESOURCES -- INDEX -- Acknowledgments & Picture Credits