1. Introduction to Freshwater Algae / Robert G. Sheath and John D. Wehr
2. Freshwater Habitats of Algae / John D. Wehr and Robert G. Sheath
3. Coccoid and Colonial Cyanobacteria / Jiri Komarek
4. Filamentous Cyanobacteria / Jiri Komarek, Hedy Kling and Jaroslava Komarkova
5. Red Algae / Robert G. Sheath
6. Flagellated Green Algae / Hisayoshi Nozaki
7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae / L. Elliot Shubert
8. Filamentous and Plantlike Green Algae / David M. John
9. Conjugating Green Algae and Desmids / Joseph F. Gerrath
10. Photosynthetic Euglenoids / James R. Rosowski
11. Eustigmatophyte, Raphidophyte, and Tribophyte Algae / Donald W. Ott and Carla K. Oldham-Ott
12. Chrysophycean Algae / Kenneth H. Nicholls and Daniel E. Wujek
13. Haptophyte Algae / Kenneth H. Nicholls
14. Synurophyte Algae / Peter A. Siver
15. Centric Diatoms / Eugene F. Stoermer, Matthew L. Julius, J. P. Kociolek and S. A. Spaulding
16. Araphid and Monoraphid Diatoms / John C. Kingston
17. Symmetrical Naviculoid Diatoms / J. P. Kociolek and S. A. Spaulding
18. Eunotioid and Asymmetrical Naviculoid Diatoms / J. P. Kociolek and S. A. Spaulding
19. Keeled and Canalled Raphid Diatoms / Rex L. Lowe
20. Dinoflagellates / Susan Carty
21. Cryptomonads / Paul Kugrens and Brec L. Clay
22. Brown Algae / John D. Wehr
23. Use of Algae in Environmental Assessments / R. Jan Stevenson and John P. Smol
24. Control of Nuisance Algae / Carole A. Lembi.