Phycology 90347 220501208 2008-06-20T04:26:46Z 75.209.155.143 /* External links */ add AlgaeFuel.Org - research and development company {{distinguish|psychology}} '''Phycology''' (or '''algology''') (from Greek: φύκος, ''phykos'', "seaweed"; and λόγος, ''logos'', "knowledge"), a subdiscipline of [[botany]], is the scientific study of [[alga|algae]]. Algae are important as [[primary production|primary producers]] in aquatic [[ecosystem]]s. Most algae are [[eukaryote|eukaryotic]], [[photosynthesis|photosynthetic]] organisms that live in a wet environment. They are distinguished from the higher [[plant]]s by a lack of true [[root]]s, stems or [[leaf|leave]]s. Many species are single-celled and microscopic (including [[phytoplankton]] and other [[microalgae]]); many others are [[multicellular]] to one degree or another, some of these growing to large size (for example, [[seaweeds]] such as [[kelp]] and ''[[Sargassum]]''). Phycology also includes the study of [[prokaryote|prokaryotic]] forms known as blue-green algae or [[cyanobacteria]]. A number of microscopic algae also occur as symbionts in [[lichens]]. A '''''phycologist''''' is a person who studies [[algae]] as described above. In a similar manner, a mycologist is a person who has been professionally trained in [[mycology]], the study of [[fungus|fungi]]. ==See also== * [[History of phycology]] * [[Algaculture]], the culture of algae * [[Algae fuel]] ==External links== *http://www.algaefuel.org/ AlgaeFuel research and development company in California bay area. *http://www.brphycsoc.org/ British Phycological Society *http://www.intphycsoc.org/ International Phycological Society<br> *http://www.schweizerbart.de/j/algological-studies/ Algological Studies is an international journal of phycology which publishes peer reviewed scientific papers of international significance from the entire field of algology (phycology)<br> *http://www.psaalgae.org/ Phycological Society of America *http://www.algaebase.org/ AlgaeBase *http://www.seaweed.ie/ Seaweed Site [[Category:Algae]] {{botany-stub}} {{algae-stub}} [[bg:Алгология]] [[et:Algoloogia]] [[es:Ficología]] [[fr:Phycologie]] [[is:Þörungafræði]] [[he:פיקולוגיה]] [[lv:Algoloģija (botānika)]] [[nl:Fycologie]] [[ja:藻類学]] [[pl:Algologia]] [[pt:Ficologia]] [[ro:Ficologie]] [[ru:Альгология]] [[simple:Phycology]] [[sr:Алгологија]] [[tr:Algoloji]] [[uk:Альгологія]] [[zh:藻类学]]