Contributions in phycology

This festschrift is an outgrowth of an international symposium, ? Recent trends in Phycology,? which was held in honour of Professor T. V. Desikachary at Madras University? s Center for Advanced Study in Botany on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday in July 1994. The papers in this special volume of Nova Hedwigia (Beihefte) cover diverse algal groups representing the broad interests of the authors and the several active areas of phycological research in which Professor Desikachary has been interested and are presented in tribute to the master, colleague and friend.