Algae and Man: Based on lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute July 22 - August 11, 1962 Louisville, Kentucky

With the continuous increase in human population and its constant demands on the aquatic environment, there has been a compounding of the interrelationships between algae and man. These relatively simple green plants not too long ago were often considered as merely biological curiosities. Within the past twenty-five years, with advances in technology and the increased eutrophication of lakes and streams, the interplay between algae and man has become more complex and more im­ portant. Probl...