Brown Seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) of Britain and Ireland

Robert Fletcher is a Visiting Reader at the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK, where he has worked since 1971. He has published widely on aspects of the ecology, life histories, molecular biology, taxonomy and applied aspects of marine algae, with particular respect to the brown algae. He is a member of both the British Society of Phycology and the International Society of Phycology. He received his PhD in Marine Botany from the University of London, UK in 1974.

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Cell structure The brown algal thallus Reproduction Life histories Community ecology Floristics Systematics Checklist of Phaeophyceae for Britain and Ireland Arrangement of the work References for Introduction Keys to genera Taxonomic treatment SUBCLASS DISCOSPORANGIOPHYCIDAE Order Discosporangiales Family Choristocarpaceae SUBCLASS ISHIGEOPHYCIDAE Order Ishigeales Family Petrodermatceae SUBCLASS DICTYOTOPHYCIDAE Order Dictyotales Family Dictyotaceae Order Sphacelariales Family Cladostephaceae Family Lithodermataceae Family Sphacelariaceae Family Sphacelodermataceae Family Stypocaulaceae SUBCLASS FUCOPHYCIDAE Order Desmarestiales Family Arthrocladiaceae Family Desmarestiaceae Order Ectocarpales Family Acinetosporaceae Family Chordariaceae Family Ectocarpaceae Family Petrospongiaceae Family Scytosiphonaceae Order Fucales Family Fucaceae Family Himanthaliaceae Family Cystoseiraceae Family Sargassaceae Order Laminariales Family Alariaceae Family Chordaceae Family Laminariaceae Order Ralfsiales Family Ralfsiaceae Order Sporochnales Family Sporochnaceae Order Tilopteridales Family Cutleriaceae Family Halosiphonaceae Family Phyllariaceae Family Tilopteridaceae Incertae sedis at ordinal rank Sorapion Glossary References Index