41. Biology. Research: Water Ecology - Botany etc.). Scientists in charge G. Bressan, A. Falace, E. Vio. ECOLOGYWater ecology botany. Adaptation of algae to metal stress. Water http://www.univ.trieste.it/~biologia/e-rcecbo.htm

Italiano University TS Biology Research ECOLOGY: Water ecology - Botany Endoliths of calcareous algae Study of marine endolithic micro-organisms which live in calcareous algae, excavating tunnels in the calcified cell walls. These organisms, already described in corals, mollusc shells and inorganic substrata, have so far never been described in detail in red calcareous algae. Main projects: Ultrastructural observation, using transmission and scanning electron microscopy, of the organisms found so far in the Gulf of Trieste. Ecological study arising from the fact that these micro-organisms function as pollution bioindicators and as indicators of the marine photic zone, since some of them are more sensitive than others to the shortage of light. Study of their relationship with living and dead calcareous algae and of their possible pathogenicity. Verification of the presence of these organisms in other seas of the Italian coast. Collaboration with Dr. Le Campion-Alsumard of the University of Marseilles. Scientist in charge L. A. Ghirardelli

42. Results For 'algae' Economic Uses of algae / Dept. botany, NMNH Smithsonian Institution Marine algae,as primary producers, are ecologically important, and economically have http://ripley.si.edu:8765/search/query.html?qt=algae&submit=Search+

43. Marine Botany Resources - Aquatic Plants - Academic Info of Systematic Biology botany Smithsonian Institution algae Home Page The algaeCollection is comprised of marine, estuarine, freshwater, terrestrial http://www.academicinfo.net/botmarine.html

Home Keyword Search Index Reference Desk ... Student Center Academic Info Aquatic Botany Biological Sciences Botany Aquatic Botany Sciences Oceanography Aquatic Botany We Need Your Help Please take a minute to make a $10 tax-deductible donation. Academic Info is made possible by the generous financial support of users like you. Academic Info 19-143rd ST SW Lynnwood, WA 98037 The Aquatic Botany page is sponsored by How would you like to sponsor this page? For a $100 tax-deductible donation you, your organization, department, or company are acknowledged here as a sponsor of the Aquatic Botany page. Email us at madin@academicinfo.net for details. See also Water Resources AlgaeBase "...is an electronic store of information on the algae of the world and includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater forms. Currently, the data for seaweeds are the most complete, but data on other algae are accumulating continuously" Aquatic Ecology Page Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography and Database "...covers bibliographic information on the Baltic Sea, i.e. all marine areas from the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia in the east and north to the Belt Sea and Kattegat in the west. It contains references to reports including "grey literature", journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. The bibliography covers material from the year 1970, currently ca. 11 000 references...The subject coverage includes all aspects of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea, for example ecology, fauna and flora, fisheries, hydrography, pollution, environmental impact, research, planning and administrative measures. Noticeable part of references deal with pollution problems."

44. NUI, Galway, Department Of Botany, Research of the Department are concentrated on terrestrial and marine botany, with particularemphasis on heavy metals analysis of marine algae; cataloguing the world http://www.nuigalway.ie/faculties_departments/botany/botany_research.html

Home Faculties and Departments Botany Welcome ... Contacts Research Due to the proximity of the Burren and Connemara and the presence of important terrestrial, maritime and marine habitats the research efforts of the Department are concentrated on terrestrial and marine botany, with particular emphasis on: heavy metals analysis of marine algae; ; physiological ecology and phenological phenomena in marine algae; ecology of urban terrestrial and subaerial algae; distribution of marine algae along environmental gradients; Irish seaweed distribution; seaweed/fungal interactions; phylogenetic systematics using DNA sequences of marine algae (Professor Guiry and Dr Stengel); Quaternary research and pollen analysis, with particular emphasis on the establishment of prehistoric farming communities and their effects on the landscape (Professor Michael O' Connell); turlough, salt-marsh and tropical forest ecology (Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington); and the flora of Ireland. The Department contributes extensively to the research of the Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute and the Environmental Change Institute Postgraduate fellowships, generally, to Ph.D. level are sometimes available and are usually advertised in the national press and scientific journals such as

45. Zeal.com - United States - New - Library - Sciences - Botany - Plants By Species Nongeniculate Coralline algae http//www.botany.uwc.ac.za/clines.htm Explore theimportance of the coralline red marine algae in the construction of coral http://www.zeal.com/category/preview.jhtml?cid=963627

46. Botany Libraries Cryptogamic Links algae relatives of the bryophytes and other plants UCMP's Introduction to the Greenalgae Chlorophyta (Green algae) by the Dept. of botany, National Museum http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/cryptogamic.htm

Electronic Journals Taxonomy and Nomenclature Bryophytes Green Algae ... Archival Collections Cryptogamic Links Lichenologist Mycotaxon Mycologia Taxonomy and Nomenclature Related Glossaries and Sites Bryological Glossary, Missouri Botanical Garden A Cumulative Checklist for the Lichen-forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada by Theodore L. Esslinger Index of Fungi Indices Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium Fungi and unrelated fungal-like organisms Fungi IndexFungorum; aka funindex contains over 345,000 names of fungi (including yeast, lichens, chromistan fungi, protozoan fungi and fossil forms) at species level and below derived from a number of published lists including Saccardo's Sylloge Fungorum (contributed by SBML, USDA), Petrak's Lists, Saccardo's Omissions, Lamb's Index, Zahlbruckner's Catalogue of Lichens (comprehensive for names at species level only but with an increasing number of names of infraspecific taxa) and CABI's Index of Fungi. Bibliography of Systematic Mycology provides a survey of the literature encompassing the biodiversity, classification, distribution, evolution, identification, nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy of fungi (including those groups traditionally treated as fungi but now better classified in other kingdoms). Dictionary of the Fungi published by CABI Publishing also contains the current consensus on the fungal taxonomic hierarchy to the rank of genus. Here you may search the database for the status of generic names, or walk down the hierarchy from the rank of Kingdom. The entries for each genus generally include authors and place of publication together with the type species and other data.

47. Natural History Museum: Research And Collections: Botany The botany department at the Natural History Museum has gathered algae and mossesand ferns and fungi, including mushrooms, from all over the world. http://www.nhm.org/research/botany/

Dictyophora cinnabarina The Botany department at the Natural History Museum has gathered algae and mosses and ferns and fungi, including mushrooms, from all over the world. So where are they? Whole plants and fungi or portions of them have been collected and dried for research done months or years later. These specimens are wrapped in special paper, tagged with field data, and stored in large metal cabinets. Eventually a scientific name is put on each one. They are all dead, so there is no fussing with fertilizing and watering. The problem is that insects like to nibble on most of them, so the cabinets are kept full of moth ball smelling "herbarium perfume." The oldest collection in our herbarium of 200,000 specimens dates back to the 1800s. More recent collecting expeditions have brought back fungi from Southeast Asia and Australia, Central and South America, and California as well. The algae come from the ocean along the coast of California and further south. The mosses originally lived in the southwestern deserts and on the Olympic Peninsula. There are ferns from Mexico and South America and from gardens in southern California and Hawaii. Detailed inspection of these preserved plant samples by the botanists among us helps us understand what has changed over time or what plants and fungi are related to each other. They are full of DNA for molecular studies. And sadly enough, in many cases they are a record of where their kind once lived in a long gone habitat.

48. Botany Collection Of The Canadian Museum Of Nature in 1936, and with his specific interest in arctic botany, he developed the each withits own international code vascular plants (CAN); algae (CANA); Lichens http://www.nature.ca/collections/botany_e.cfm

The Botany Collection of the Canadian Museum of Nature is rooted in a long natural history. Site Index Home of nature.ca About the Museum Visitor Info Exhibitions For Educators - Youth Forums Collections Research Library Online catalogue DISCOVER Nature! Become a Member Make a Donation Supporters Board of Trustees Staff Press Room Questions or Comments? - The GEEE! in GENOME - The Nature of the Rideau River - Hi-def Cinema - Our Amazing Treasures Our Collections: Earth Sciences Invertebrates Vertebrates Library ... Archives Botany Collections Herbarium story Vascular plants Lichens Bryophytes ... Algae by Macoun Tangents Botany Expertise Chief Collection Manager Mike Shchepanek Collection Manager Pak Yau Wong Collection Technician Micheline Bouchard This algae was collected by J. Macoun on June 17, 1893, from Point Holmes, Vancouver Island, Strait of Georgia. Plocamium coccineum catalogue: CANA3680 Botany Collections: the National Herbarium of Canada A Brief Herbarium History The National Herbarium of the Canadian Museum of Nature has grown from lengthy and auspicious roots. The plant collections of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada were officially incorporated into a museum department in 1882.

49. Botany 3130 Home Page Morphology of Plants, algae and Fungi botany 3130 California State UniversityStanislaus Fall 2002 Dr. Steven J. Wolf. Instructor Materials. http://arnica.csustan.edu/boty3130/

Morphology of Plants, Algae and Fungi Botany 3130 California State University Stanislaus Fall 2002 Dr. Steven J. Wolf Instructor Materials Dr. Wolf's Schedule Course Syllabus CSU Stanislaus Biology Department Fruit Key ... Microscope Images Fun stuff: Mountain Bike Page - if you want to watch the videos at home they are available on CD for free from your instructor. Evolution Resources PBS Evolution Series Web Site Amazon.com - sells the companion book to the series Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, by Zimmer. Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science a very readable and entertaining paperback by Massimo Pigliucci available at Amazon.com Talk.origins - issues related to evolution and biological and physical origins General References Atlas of Plant Anatomy Botanical Society of America Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names Green Plant Phylogeny Research Group ... Vascular Plant Family Access Page Algae Algae Home Page - Smithsonian Institution Algae - Internet Directory for Botany Diatom Home Page Protist Image Data Base ... Tree of Life, Charales

50. Botany Department ONLINE: Joseph S. Davis, Ph.D. at Southern Illinois University Gravitating toward marine botany, I received aNational Science Foundation scholarship to study marine algae at Stanford http://web.botany.ufl.edu/faculty/jdavis/jdavis.html

Biography Education Academic Positions Research Interests ... Grants Received Joseph S. Davis , Ph.D. Professor of Botany Department of Botany 209 A Carr Hall (352) 392.1094 (phone) (352) 392.3993 (fax) jsd@botany.ufl.edu Education: Ph.D., University of Iowa (Botany), 1960 M.S., University of Iowa (Science Education), 1956 A.B., University of Iowa (Zoology), 1951 M.S. Thesis Title: Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Academic Positions Instructor, Southern Illinois University Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Co-Chairman, biology faculty, Southern Illinois University Assistant Professor, University of Florida Associate Professor, University of Florida Professor, University of Florida Research Interests/Major Research Achievements: Freshwater algaemorphology and ecology Marine algaephysiology and ecology Airborne algaetaxonomy and ecology Endolithic algae in coquina rock Biology, taxonomy and nitrogen-fixation in soil algae in field and forest environments Biology, chemistry, and ecology of organisms associated with tufa deposits Biological management of hypersaline ecosystems Taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of algae in extreme environments

51. Australian Systematic Botany Society University of California Publications in botany vol for the Indian Ocean on the taxonomy,nomenclature and distribution of five classes of marine benthic algae. http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/newsletter/book-review-97a.html

Book Review Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean written by Paul C. Silva, Philip I. Basson and Richard L. Moe. (From ASBS Newsletter Number 97, December 1998) University of California Publications in Botany vol. 79, xiv + 1259 pp.[errata]. University of California Press, c/o California Princeton Fulfillment Services, 1445 Lower Ferry Road, Princeton, NJ 08618; (Publicity) University of California Press, Publicity Dept., 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94720 USA Price: US$130.00 + p+h of US$38.48 (airmail) [US$12.04 surface mail] One of the first problems encountered by the authors was how to define the Indian Ocean; there are so many definitions of the Indian Ocean the authors needed an invariable workable set of boundaries. In this volume the Indian Ocean has been defined as the area bounded by Africa (East coast to Cape Agulhas), the southern Indian Ocean island of St. Paul, the western coastline of Australia from West Cape Howe in the south to Cape Londonderry in the north, through to Indonesia via Timor and the southern coasts of Java and Sumatra to Singapore, along the southern coast of Malaysia to the coastlines delimiting the Bay of Bengal, around India and the coast bordering the Arabian sea to the east coasts of Africa. The first six pages of the publication give a brief but valuable account of the history of exploration in the Indian Ocean with respect to the macro-algae. For those who would never have the need to consult the body of the text this is a comprehensive coverage of marine exploration and should not be ignored. The names of many of the early collectors of algae in the Indian Ocean will be familiar to other plant taxonomists working with angiosperms from the Indian Ocean but the information is especially useful to all marine biologists. This is particularly true for the numerous expeditions that traversed the Ocean during the nineteenth century: during this century the expeditions led by Weber (Siboga), Gardiner (Sealark) and land-based collections of the Stephenson's (in Africa) were important and came before the International Indian Ocean Expedition organised by the UN in the 1950's.

52. Australian Systematic Botany Society and storage of algae; microscopy; algal blooms; algal weeds; rare and threatenedalgae. Return to the Australian Systematic botany Society Newsletter Page. http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/newsletter/book-review-92c.html

Book Review Freshwater Algae in Australia. A guide to conspicuous genera. written by T.J. Entwisle, J.A. Sonneman and S.H. Lewis (From ASBS Newsletter Number 92, September 1997) Specifications: 204 mm x 128 mm, 242 pp., c. 300 colour photographs plus free-hand illustrations. This is an excellent work and will be invaluable to anyone - amateur, student or professional biologist - requiring a guide to the genera of freshwater algae that occur in Australia. Of the 400 or so genera of freshwater algae that occur in Australia 96 are covered - all genera of macroalgae and the most common genera of microalgae likely to be encountered. The book commences with some introductory notes on the following: using the book; the divisions of algae encountered in Australia; algal habitats; collection, preservation and storage of algae; microscopy; algal blooms; algal weeds; rare and threatened algae. Pages 20-29 are devoted to a pictorial key which initially sorts taxa into ten different groups and three genera on the basis of easily seen characteristics, e.g. non-motile unicells, motile unicells, unbranched filaments, whorls of small branches. Each group is then treated separately, and the clear drawings of diagnostic features of each genus should normally enable ready identification. The broad groupings recognised in the initial key are colour-coded and these same groups and codings are used in the main text; the codings occur on the outer margins of the photograph page and are readily visible when flicking through the book. This means that the more detailed key can be easily skipped over, the user examining the mostly excellent photographs that adorn this work to identify a member of any one group. It is very much a well-presented, 'user-friendly' book.

53. Botany Glossary "A" Aleurone Layer. algae. algae are singlecelled to many-celled organisms thatcontain various photosynthetic pigments and belong to the Division Protista. http://www.puc.edu/Faculty/Gilbert_Muth/botglosa.htm

Biological Foundations 112 Glossary Abies The genus Abies is the fir genus of the conifers. It has single needle-like leaves with cones that stand erect on the branch. Abortive Leaves Abortive Seed Abrasive (scouring rushes) Abscisic Acid Abscission Abscission is the orderly process by which a leaf dies and falls off the tree or a fruit ripens and falls from a plant. Absorption Abyssal Acacia Accessable Accessory fruit Achene Acid Acorn An acorn is a fruit with a bony pericarp, classified as a nut. It produces a cupule in which the fruit sits. Acorns are only the genus Quercus and Lithocarpus in the family Fagaceae, a dicot in the division Anthophyta. DIAGRAM: Acorn Seed Structure PHOTO: Acropetal Active Transport Adaptation Adjacent Adjacent is a term that refers to the proximity of two objects. It means that the two objects are right next to each other or beside each other. Adnate Adult leaves Adventitious Buds Adventitious buds form along a stem, generally after the stem has had an injury. This is a survival response for the plant. These adventitious buds will differentiate either into roots or shoots depending upon whether they are above or below ground. This is what allows gardners to plant a cutting of a stem and it will grow up into a mature plant. Adventitious roots DIAGRAMS: Equisetum Stem PHOTOS: Aeciospores DIAGRAMS: PHOTO: Aeciospores Aecium DIAGRAMS: PHOTO: Aecium Aerenchyma Aerenchyma are parenchyma cells that are associated with an air space or surround open canals as in the

54. Books: Botany cryptomonads; haptophytes; dinoflagellates; ochrophytes; red algae; green algae;phytoplankton ecology is one of the finest undergraduate texts on botany that I http://www.biolinks.net.ru/books/Botany/

Home Books BioSoft Pub Med ExPASy BioNetbook Top ... Our Awards Books directory The Web Your Ad Here! Top : Botany Algae by Linda E. Graham, Lee Warren Wilcox, Lee W. Wilcox Graham and Wilcox (U. of Wisconsin) cover freshwater, marine, and terrestrial forms, allowing interested ecology students a wide degree of exposure. Coverage includes occurrence, relationships, nutrition, definition, general features; the roles of algae in biogeochemistry; algae in biotic associations; technological applications of algae; taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny; cyanobacteria; the origin of eukaryotic algae; euglenoids; cryptomonads; haptophytes; dinoflagellates; ochrophytes; red algae; green algae; phytoplankton ecology; and macroalgal and perphyton ecology. Price: Added: 31-Dec-2000 Hits: 18 Biology of Plants by Peter H. Raven, Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn This to me is one of the finest undergraduate texts on botany that I have been able to find. The explanations are extremely lucid and the diagrams and photographs are excellently researched and displayed. This book because of its clarity, maybe used by the general public and as a source of fascinating information into the world of plants. Not only is the anatomy and physiology well covered by the authors, but they delve into diversity, genetics and also cover the fundamentals of primary and secondary metabolism and area that is of real importance to those studying vegetarianism, food phytochemistry, nutrition and herbal medicine. It is a must for those who can afford to spend that little bit extra on a contemporary botanical text. Dr John Wilkinson

55. SYS-RESOURCE Access Policy Document - At The Natural History Museum, London algae diatoms 249,000 12,000. algae other groups 370,000 5,000. Lichens395,000 10,000. Myxomycetes 51,000 250. botany TOTALS 5,205,000 117,250. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/rco/sysresource/botany.html

Collections scope Expertise Sampling Documentation ... Zoology SYS-RESOURCE: Botany The collections Geographical range Worldwide coverage is one of the major strengths of the collections. Inevitably some areas, such as the British Isles and the former British Empire, are better represented than others, such as the eastern Palaearctic. Other areas that are well represented include for flowering plants the Himalayas, north Africa and Mesoamerica, and for bryophytes and lichens Antarctica, the Mascarenes, Malesia and temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Historical range The earliest specimens in the collection date from the last decade of the 16th century. New material continues to be added to the collections, so that they span 400 years. The collections provide information on what was growing where throughout this time, and also provide an insight into the progress in plant taxonomy throughout the last 500 years. Current priority areas for collecting The 1961 Morton Agreement with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew gave the Museum special responsibility for the vascular plant floras of the British Isles, Europe, and North and Central America. Consequently, comparatively little vascular plant material from other areas has been added to the Museumís collections since then.

56. RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS BY BOTANY DEPARTMENT STAFF: 2002 An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial algae. Cambridge UniversityPress and The Natural History Museum, Cambridge CDROM. botany Home About http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/pubs/botpubs_2002.html

Scientific Publications by Botany Department Staff: 2002 **Authors in block capitals indicate Botany Department staff** A - Authored and edited peer reviewed books and monographs B - Other books and monographs (incuding popular works) C - Peer reviewed articles in journals and edited volumes BHARATAN, V. and HUMPHRIES, C. J. 2002. Plant names in homeopathy: an annotated checklist of currently accepted names in common use. Homeopathy 91: 156-161 COX, E. J. 2002. Generic concepts and intrageneric variation in diatoms with particular reference to Navicula Bory. Proceedings of the 15th International Diatom Symposium, Perth 1998 (ed J. John), Koeltz Scientific Books, pp. 289-304. COX, E. J. 2002. A rationale for developing rapid biomonitoring techniques using live identification of diatoms. Proceedings of the 15th International Diatom Symposium, Perth 1998 (ed J. John), Koeltz Scientific Books, pp. 43-50. ELLIS, L.T. 2002. An unusual form of Claymperes serratum A. Braun ex Mull. Hal. (Calymperaceae, Musci). Tropical Bryology 21:119-121. ELLIS, L.T. 2002. Taxonomic notes on some African species in the family Calymperaceae (Musci). Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 32 (1):1-5.

57. Photosynthetic Life Links Smithsonian algae home page http//www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/algae. Smithsonianalgae Links http//nmnhwww.si.edu/botany/projects/algae/AlgLink.htm. http://www.life.umd.edu/labs/delwiche/PSlife/links.html

Links - Photosynthetic Life Class Links UM Library site for this class: http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/MCK/TUTOR/photosynthetic_life.html Photosynthetic Bacteria The Prokaryotes: http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/index.htm (from UM computers only) MSU Microbiology Home Page http://www.msu.edu/unit/mic/www-mic.html Quicktime movies of photosynthetic bacteria: http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/video/photosynthesis.html Microbial mats: http://www.uta.edu/paleomap/homepage/Schieberweb/microbial_mat_page.htm A beautiful section through a salt flat mat: http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~schauder/mats/microbial_mats.html General Microscopy: http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/exppath/micro/index.html "Red Tides" and Harmful Algal Blooms http://www.redtide.whoi.edu/hab/ ALGAE PAGE http://users.quake.net/xdcrlab/algae.html BGSU Center for Algal Microscopy and Image Digitization http://www.bgsu.edu/Departments/biology/algae/ Checklist of phytoplankton www.marbot.gu.se/SSS/SSSHOME.htm in the Skagerrak-Kattegat Monterey Bay Aquarium http://www.mbayaq.org/

58. Learning Objectives For General Biology II/Botany Learning Objectives for General Biology II/botany. Introduction. 1 land.Macroalgae. 1. Describe why algae are not considered plants. http://project.bio.iastate.edu/Articulation/IHCC/objbotny.html

Learning Objectives for General Biology II/Botany Introduction 1. Describe the historic shift in the relationship between humans and plants in developed countries. 2. Describe the ecological role of plants. 3. Describe the ecological role of fungi. 4. Describe the role of photosynthetic organisms in the evolution of the earth's atmosphere. 5. Define autotroph and heterotroph. 6. List four advantages plants gained by colonizing the land. 7. Describe six adaptations that were necessary for aquatic plants to colonize the land. 8. Describe the two components of the vascular system. 9. Describe how plants grow. 10. Identify the environmental factors that determine the type of ecosystem found in a particular region. Classification 1. List the six kingdoms into which living organisms are divided. 2. List the taxonomic groups used to classify plants in hierarchial order. 3. Explain why the biological species concept is difficult to apply to plants. 4. Describe the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. 5. Identify which group of prokaryotes gave rise to eukaryotes.

59. Algae, Introductions To Both Fossil And Recent Plant Taxa, Links For Palaeobotan Niklas Tom Silva, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYIntroductory botany. Review Topics, Review of algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie/palbot/teach/taxa/algae.html

Home Teaching Documents, Lecture Notes and Tutorials Introductions to both Fossil and Recent Plant Taxa Algae Categories General Cyanobacteria and Stromatolites Bryophyta Sphenophyta ... Picture Search@ Algae AYMA Agua y Medio Ambiente, Sevilla: Atlas of Microorganisms . Go to: Algae Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley : "Green Algae": Systematics, Part 2, The Charophytes britannica.com Algae Evolution and paleontology The Delwiche Lab , Molecular Systematics: Charophycean Green Algae Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD). A service of USRA, sponsored by NASA Goddard. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. Browse EPODs by Related Fields , such as Coccolithophore bloom in the Celtic Sea Anthony G. Futcher , Columbia Union College, Maryland: Plant Diversity . A lot of facts about plant groups, fungi, plant-like protists, and monerans, including taxonomy, life cycles, general structure, and representative genera. Go to: Division Chlorophyta - Green Algae Linda E.

60. Ellen Duffield, Culture Curator For Botany Dept. That’s why she spends her days growing and maintaining botany’s extensive collectionof algae and fungi, which are used in undergraduate laboratory classes http://www.artsci.washington.edu/newsletter/Summer02/Duffield.htm

Managing an Algae Zoo [This is one section of the article, "Behind the Scenes in Arts and Sciences." Visit Ellen Duffield’s office in Hitchcock Hall, and you’ll find yourself distracted by her collection of algae. Glass jars line the shelves, filled with Ventricaria —resembling luminous green bubbles—and Acrosorium , a tangle of thin red strands, as well as other plants. “I think they’re really beautiful,” says Duffield, whose official title is Culture Curator for the Department of Botany . “But more than that, they are such an important part of the world we live in. Algae produce about half the oxygen and fix half the carbon in the world. And fungi are great recyclers—if a tree falls down, they get in there and turn it into soil.” Duffield wants students to share her fascination with these small, simple organisms. That’s why she spends her days growing and maintaining Botany’s extensive collection of algae and fungi, which are used in undergraduate laboratory classes to illustrate their form, function, and development. Caring for a collection of 200 algae and 200 fungi—used by about 2,000 students in 20 different classes each year—is no simple task. “It’s sort of like managing a zoo,” says Duffield. “Each organism has its own diet, light, temperature needs, and reproductive cycle. For classes, you have to have them at the right point so that students can observe the reproductive process. A lot of my job is scheduling.”

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