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Introduction to phycology Basics of algal biology Reproduction in algae The role of algae in biogeochemistry Algae in biological associations The role of algae in aquatic food webs Taxonomy and Systematics of Algae Phytoplankton size in ecology The physical environment: temperature, light, turbulence Growth of phytoplankton Losses of phytoplankton Swimming and bouyancy Cyanobacteria The origin of eukaryotic algae Euglenophytes Cryptophytes Prymensiophytes (Haptophytes) Dinophytes (Dinoflagellates) Introduction to the Ochrophytes Diatoms Raphidophytes and Chrysophyceans Synurophyceans, silicoflagellates, pedinelids, tribophyceans Phaeophytes (Brown algae) Rhodophytes (Red algae) Introduction to the Green algae Prasinophyceans Ulvophyceans Trebouxiophyceans Chlorophyceans Charophyceans Ecology of macroalgae and periphyton