Seaweed Ecology and Physiology
Seaweed Ecology and Physiology
Paul J. Harrison, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
A rewritten and reorganized edition of The Physiological Ecology of Seaweeds (1985), this book contains a new introductory chapter reviewing seaweed morphology, cytology, life histories and an expanded treatment of tropical seaweeds. The final chapter on mariculture is much larger, and includes a case study on how principles of physiological ecology were applied in developing the carrageenan industry. Also contains an appendix summarizing the taxonomic position and nomenclature of the species mentioned in the book.
- Material reviews seaweed morphology, cytology, and life histories
- Chapter on community level ecology by senior algal ecologists
- Coverage of tropical seaweeds and mariculture had been greatly expanded
Reviews & endorsements
"...this greatly expanded version will become a valuable text and resource book for graduate and undergraduate students and professionals, just as its predecessor was....Highly recommended for libraries with an aquatic component in their college's curriculum, and definitely worth the price in replacing the earlier version." Choice
Product details
March 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511878992
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200 b/w illus. 38 tables
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Morphology, Life Histories and Morphogenesis:
- 1. Introduction: the plants and their environments
- 2. Seaweed morphology and anatomy
- 3. Seaweed cells
- 4. Seaweed genetics and molecular biology
- 5. Seaweed life histories
- 6. Settlement and germination
- 7. Thallus morphogenesis
- 8. Synopsis
- Part II. Seaweed Communities:
- 1. Seaweed communities T. A. Norton et al.
- 2. Intertidal zonation patterns
- 3. Submerged zonation patterns
- 4. Some other seaweed habitats and communities P. H. Nienhuis et al.
- 5. Community analysis
- 6. Synopsis
- Part III. Biotic Interactions:
- 1. Competition
- 2. Grazing
- 3. Symbiosis
- 4. Synopsis
- Part IV. Light and Photosynthesis:
- 1. An overview of photosynthesis
- 2. Irradiance
- 3. Light harvesting
- 4. Carbon fixation: the 'dark reactions' of photosynthesis
- 5. Seaweed polysaccharides
- 6. Carbon translocation
- 7. Photosynthetic rates and primary productivity
- 8. Synopsis
- Part V. Nutrients:
- 1 Nutrient requirements
- 2. Nutrient availability in seawater
- 3. Pathways and barriers to ion entry
- 4. Nutrient uptake kinetics
- 5. Uptake, assimilation and metabolic role of essential nutrients
- 6. Long distance transport translocation
- 7. Growth kinetics
- 8. Effects of nutrient supply
- 9. Synopsis
- Part VI. Temperature and Salinity:
- 1. Natural ranges of temperature and salinity
- 2. Temperature effects
- 3. Biochemical and physiological effects of salinity
- 4. Dessication
- 5. Salinity-temperature interactions and estuarine distribution
- 6. Synopsis
- Part VII. Water Motion:
- 1. Water flow over surfaces
- 2. Wave action
- 3. Synopsis
- Part VIII. Pollution:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Thermal pollution
- 3. Heavy metals
- 4. Oil
- 5. Synthetic organic chemicals
- 6. Complex wastes and eutrophication
- 7. Synopsis
- Part IX. Seaweed Mariculture:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Porphyra mariculture
- 3. Lamineria mariculture
- 4. Undaria mariculture
- 5. Eucheuma and Kappaphycus mariculture
- 6. Other seaweeds
- 7. Domestication of seaweeds - application of ecology and physiology
- 8. Seaweed biotechnology
- 9. Synopsis
- Appendix: Taxonomic classification of algae mentioned in the text P. C. Silva and R. L. Moe
- Index.
