Freshwater Algae of Eastern India
by Siba Prasad Adhikary, Sudipta Kumar Das
ISBN: 9789351304005
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 14995.00
Biblio : vii+453p.,figs.,plts.,tabls.,ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. Sudipta Kumar Das, obtained his M.Sc. degree in Botany from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar Odisha in 2007 and obtained Ph.D. in Botany from Utkal University in March 2013. His principal research interest is documentation, taxonomy and biodiversity analysis of algae of India. <BR> Dr. Siba Prasad Adhikary, presently Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Visva-Bharati (A Central University of National importance founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan) in West Bengal has been working in the field of Algae since last over 36 years. He has so far published 142 research papers in peer reviewed journals, 55 papers as chapters in edited books and four textbooks.
About The Book
In the present book “Freshwater Algae of Eastern India” presents comprehensive account of alage of Eastern and North eastern region which showed occurrence of several taxa which were first records from this region as well as of India. Details of these algal species with descriptions, microphotograph of each taxa, mode of occurrence, type of the habitat and location are provided in this book which would serve as a handbook on identification, taxonomy and biodiversity analysis of algae. Since microalgae are now used as candidates for biofuel/biodiesel production, biocolourants, nutraceuticals, novel food and feed and also as research materials for genomic and metabolomics of phototrophic organisms. <BR> The information provided in this book would help the researchers and students in universities and research institutions to understand the diversity of alagae of India and their use for bioprospecting.
Table of Contents
Preface v <BR> 1. Introduction to Freshwater Algae of India 1 <BR> 2. The Algal Sampling Sites in the Eastern and North-Eastern <BR> Region of India 11 <BR> 3. Methods of Sampling, Preservation, Micrometry, Microphotography <BR> and Identification of Algae 29 <BR> 4. Systematic Enumeration of Algal Taxa from Eastern <BR> and North-Eastern Regions of India 31 <BR> 5. Algae from Various Habitats of Eastern and North-eastern <BR> Regions of India 271 <BR> Bibliography 397 <BR> Index 423
