Part I DIVERSITY, BIOLOGY, AND ECOLOGY -- 1 Protistan Diversity in Environmental Molecular Surveys -- 2 Unusual Features of Dinokaryon, the Enigmatic Nucleus of Dinoflagellates -- 3 Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes in Deep Sea Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Illuminated by Molecular Techniques -- 4 Biology, Diversity and Ecology of Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates -- 5 Basal Lineages of Green Algae - Their Diversity and Phylogeny -- 6 Typical Features of Genomes in the Mamiellophyceae -- 7 Planktic Foraminifera -- 8 Biology and Ecology of Radiolaria -- 9 Phaeodaria: Diverse Marine Cercozoans of World-Wide Distribution -- 10 Ecology and Evolution of Marine Diatoms and Parmales -- 11 Planktonic Ciliates: Diverse Ecological Function in Seawater -- 12 Biology and Paleontology of Coccolithophores (Haptophytes) -- 13 Diversity and Ecology of Thraustochytrid Protists in the Marine Environment -- 14 Ecology and Distribution of Protists in Brackish Water Lakes -- 15 Oldest Fossil Records of Marine Protists and the Geologic History Toward the Establishment of the Modern-Type Marine Protist World -- Part II SYMBIOSIS -- 16 Diversity and Phylogeny of Marine Parasitic Dinoflagellates -- 17 Biology of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium)in Corals -- 18 Biology of Symbiotic Apostome Ciliates: Their Diversity and Importance in the Aquatic Ecosystems -- 19 Photosymbiosis in Marine Planktonic Protists -- 20 Marine Protist Viruses -- 21 Biology of Parasitic Heterotrophic Nanoflagellates: Parasitoids of Diatoms -- Part III INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MARINE PROTISTS AND HUMANS -- 22 Fish and Shellfish Diseases Caused by Marine Protists -- 23 Taxonomy and Distribution of the Unarmored Dinoflagellates Cochlodinium polykrikoides and C. fulvescens -- 24 Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP)-Producing Dinoflagellate and PSP-Infested Organisms -- 25 Interactions Between Harmful Algae and Algicidal and Growth-Inhibiting Bacteria Associated with Seaweeds and Seagrasses -- 26 Relationships Between Aquatic Protists and Humans.