Table of Contents

Preface; 1. History of chrysophyte research; Part I. Phylogeny, Systematics and Evolution: 2. Evolution of plastid genomes; 3. A modern concept of chrysophycean systematics; 4. Current status of chrysophyte 'splinter groups': synurophytes, pedinellids, silicoflagellates; Part II. Development, Physiology and Nutrition: 5. Comparative aspects of chrysophyte nutrition with emphasis on carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen metabolism; 6. Mixotrophy in chrysophytes; 7. Biomineralization and scale production in the Chrysophyta; 8. Immunological and ultrastructural studies of scale development and deployment in Apedinella and Mallomonas; Part III. Ecology, Paleocology and Reproduction: 9. Chrysophyte blooms in the plankton and neuston of marine and freshwater systems; 10. Biogeography of chrysophytes in Finnish lakes; 11. The distribution of chrysophytes along environmental gradients; 12. The influence of zooplankton herbivory on the biogeography of chrysophyte algae; 13. Application of chrysophytes to problems in paleolimnology; Part IV. Contributed Original Papers: 14. Mallomonas variabilis sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae) with stomatocysts found in Lake Kinnevesi, Finland; 15. Scale morphology and growth characteristics of clones of Synura petersenii (Synurophyceae) at different temperatures; 16. Status of the Chrysamoebales (Chrysophyceae): observations on Chrysamoeba pyrenoidifera, Rhizochromulina marina and Lagynion delicatulum; 17. The genus Paraphysomonas from Indian rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks.

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Examines ecology, development and phylogeny of chrysophyte algae.