Phycology
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'''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
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