Reprinted from Hydrobiologica, Volume 336 (1996).
1. Introduction; J. Kristiansen. 2. Genome Rearrangement and Speciation in Freshwater Algae; T. Ichimura. 3. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation of Diatoms; D.G. Mann, S.J.M. Droop. 4. Geographic Distribution of Freshwater Blue-Green Algae; L. Hoffmann. 5. Biogeography of Desmids; P.F.M. Coesel. 6. Quantitative Analysis on Euglenoid Distribution in Seven Regions in China; Shi Zhi- Xin. 7. Tundra Stream Macroalgae of North America: Composition, Distribution and Physiological Adaptations; R.G. Sheath, et al. 8. Biogeography of Vaucheria Species from European Freshwater/Soil Habitats: Implications from Chloroplast Genomes; K.-H. Linne von Berg, K.V. Kowallik. 9. The Algal Flora of the Primorsky Region, Russian Far East; A.A. Gontcharov. 10. Snow Algae of the Windmill Islands Region, Antarctica; H.U. Ling. 11. The Indo-Malaysian North-Australian Phycogeographical Region Revised; W. Vyverman. 12. Bipolarity in the Distribution of Silica-scaled Chrysophytes; J. Kristiansen, M.S. Vigna. 13. Endemism in Freshwater Algae; P. Tyler. 14. Are the Impacts of Events in the Earth's History Discernable in the Current Distributions of Freshwater Algae; A.W. Coleman. 15. Three Rumanian Mallomonas Species (Synurophyceae) with Special Distribution Patterns; L.S. Peterfi, L. Momeu. 16. Dispersal of Freshwater Algae - A Review; J. Kristiansen. 17. Biogeography of Freshwater Algae - Conclusions and Perspectives; J. Kristiansen.