Advances in Algal Biology: A Commemoration of the Work of Rex Lowe

Algology and algologists at Bowling Green, a short history.- Rexia erecta gen. et sp. nov. and Capsosira lowei sp. nov., two newly described cyanobacterial taxa from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA).- Large-scale regional variation in diatom-water chemistry relationships: rivers of the eastern United States.- Short-term effects of elevated velocity and sediment abrasion on benthic algal communities.- The effects of pH on a periphyton community in an acidic wetland, USA.- Food limitation affects algivory and grazer performance for New Zealand stream macroinvertebrates.- Benthic diatom communities in subalpine pools in New Zealand: relationships to environmental variables.- The relationships among disturbance, substratum size and periphyton community structure.- Relationships between environmental variables and benthic diatom assemblages in California Central Valley streams (USA).- Response of periphytic algae to gradients in nitrogen and phosphorus in streamside mesocosms.- Comparing effects of nutrients on algal biomass in streams in two regions with different disturbance regimes and with applications for developing nutrient criteria.- Differential heterotrophic utilization of organic compounds by diatoms and bacteria under light and dark conditions.- Using diatom assemblages to assess urban stream conditions.- Developing and testing diatom indicators for wetlands in the Casco Bay watershed, Maine, USA.- Diatom assemblages and their associations with environmental variables in Oregon Coast Range streams, USA.- Algal assemblages in multiple habitats of restored and extant wetlands.- Ecology and assessment of the benthic diatom communities of four Lake Erie estuaries using Lange-Bertalot tolerance values.