Seaweed Ecology and Physiology
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2nd ed., 11/3/1994
EAN 9780521403344, ISBN10: 0521403340
Hardcover, 384 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
A rewritten and re-organised edition of The Physiological Ecology of Seaweeds (1985). Seaweed Ecology and Physiology surveys the broad literature, but it is not merely an update of the earlier book. This book contains an introductory chapter reviewing seaweed morphology, cytology, and life histories. The chapter on community level ecology now includes six guest essays by senior algal ecologists which conveys the excitement of phycological research. The treatment of tropical seaweeds had been expanded, reflecting the growing literature from tropical regions, and the authors' experiences in the tropics. 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. Finally there is an appendix summarising the taxonomic position and nomenclature of the species mentioned in the book.
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.