Heinrichs Skuja's contribution to phycological research in Latvia

Abstract

A. PiteransPiterans, A . 1992. Heinrichs Skuja's contribution to phycological research in Latvia. Nord. J. Bot. 12: 505-506. Copenhagen. ISSN 0107-055X.A review of H. Skuja's phycological research carried out in Latvia during the period 1924-1944.1t is due to his research that the number of algal species identified in Latvia increased from 200 to 2300. SO species and varieties, and 9 genera were described by him as new.