Environmental Phycology Climate Change Mitigation and Hazardous Pollutant Cleanup Using Algal Resources

Preface

1. Algae Mediated Environmental Sustainability Solutions for Climate Change

Samraj Sadhappa, Senthilkumar Kandasamy, Naveenkumar Manickam, Manonmani Kumaraguruparaswami, and Basheer Thazeem

2. Role of Microalgae in Climate Stabilization

Dhaval Kumar Shrivastava, Ashutosh Shrivastava, and Namita Bedi

3. Utilization of Algae as Saviors to Minimize the Carbon Footprint and Combat Global Climate Change

Dharitri Borgohain, Propalika Borpatra Gohain, and Bhaben Tanti

4. Microalgae for the Pollution Prevention by Organic and Inorganic Molecules in the Environment

Tiele Medianeira Rizzetti, Maiara Priscilla de Souza, Gleison de Souza Celente, Gustavo Stolzenberg Colares, Andrea Marisa Sanchez-Barrios, Marcondes Mafaciolli Pacheco, Gislayne Alves Oliveira, Lisianne Brittes Benitez, Enio Leandro Machado, Lúcia Helena Ribeiro Rodrigues, and Rosana de Cassia de Souza Schneider

5. Microalgae Cultivation in Algal Ponds for Wastewater Treatment

Mrinal Kanti Adak and Ajit Das

6. Microalgae in Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Wastewater Treatment for a Sustainable Environment

Munusamy Subathra, Narasiman Nirmala, Selvanantham Shanmuganatham Dawn, and Jayaseelan Arun

7. Applications of Omic Tools (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics) Based on Phytoplankton Communities to Assess the Environmental Quality of Marine Systems

Silvia Lomartire, Sara García-Poza, Diana Pacheco, João Carlos Marques, Leonel Pereira, and Ana Marta Mendes Gonçalves

8. Prospective Applications of Microalgae as Model for Ecotoxicity Testing

Prabhakar Mishra, Deity Anand, and Padmashree Sekar

9. Environmental Flue Gas Cleanup by Green Algae and Cyanobacteria

Burcu Ertit Ta?tan

Index

Biography

Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/co-edited several books in her research areas, including environmental toxicology, microbiology, environmental biotechnology, and environmental nanotechnology. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University Grants Commission, Government of India, for her doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D. S. Kotharis Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India, during 2012–2016 with funding from the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi.

Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is a Professor at Karnatak University in South India. He has authored/edited over 30 books with national and international publishers. He has visited 24 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for academic visits, scientific meetings, and international collaborations. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as a CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal; the University of Delhi, India; and ICAR National Research Center for Banana, India. He is the recipient of a Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award from the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India.