Seaweed ecology and physiology / Catriona L. Hurd (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia), Paul J. Harrison (Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada), Kai Bischof (Department of Marine Botany, University of Bremen, Germany) and Christopher S. Lobban (Division of Natural Sciences, University of Guam, Mangilao, USA).
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TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 551 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
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Contents:
1. Seaweed thalli and cells -- 1.1. Introduction: the algae and their environments -- 1.2. Seaweed morphology and anatomy -- 1.3. Seaweed cells -- 1.4. Molecular biology and genetics -- 1.5. Synopsis -- 2. Life histories, reproduction, and morphogenesis -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Theme and variations -- 2.3. Environmental factors in Life histories -- 2.4. Fertilization biology -- 2.5. Settlement, attachment, and establishment -- 2.6. Thallus morphogenesis -- 2.7. Synopsis -- 3. Seaweed communities -- 3.1. Intertidal zonation patterns -- 3.2. Subtidal zonation on rocky shores -- 3.3. Seaweed communities -- 3.4. Invasive seaweeds -- 3.5.Community analysis -- 3.6. Synopsis -- 4. Biotic interactions -- 4.1. Foundation species and facilitation -- 4.2.Competition -- 4.3. Grazing -- 4.4. Chemical ecology of seaweed-herbivore interactions -- 4.5. Symbiosis -- 4.6. Synopsis -- 5. Light and photosynthesis -- 5.1. An overview of photosynthesis -- 5.2. Irradiance -- 5.3. Light harvesting -- 5.4. Carbon fixation: the "dark reactions" of photosynthesis -- 5.5. Seaweed polysaccharides -- 5.6. Carbon translocation -- 5.7. Photosynthetic rates and primary production -- 5.8. Synopsis -- 6. Nutrients -- 6.1. Nutrient requirements -- 6.2. Nutrient availability in seawater -- 6.3. Pathways and barriers to ion entry-- 6.4. Nutrient-uptake kinetics -- 6.5. Uptake, assimilation, incorporation, and metabolic roles -- 6.6. Long-distance transport (translocation) -- 6.7. Growth kinetics -- 6.8. Effects of nutrient supply -- 6.9. Synopsis -- 7. Physico-chemical factors as environmental stressors in seaweed biology -- 7.1. What is stress? -- 7.2. Natural ranges of temperature and salinity -- 7.3. Temperature effects -- 7.4. Biochemical and physiological effects of salinity -- 7.5. Further stresses related to water potential: desiccation and freezing -- 7.6. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation -- 7.7. Variation in seawater pH and community-based impacts of ocean acidification -- 7.8. Interaction of stressors, oxidative stress, and cross adaptation -- 7.9. Physiological stress indicators -- 7.10. Synopsis -- 8. Water motion -- 8.1. Water flow -- 8.2. Water motion and biological processes -- 8.3. Wave-swept shores -- 8.4. Synopsis -- 9. Pollution -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. General aspects of pollution -- 9.3. Metals -- 9.4. Oil -- 9.5. Synthetic organic chemicals -- 9.6. Eutrophication -- 9.7. Radioactivity -- 9.8. Thermal pollution -- 9.9. Synopsis -- 10. Seaweed mariculture -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Pyropia/Porphyra mariculture -- 10.3. Saccharina/Laminaria for food and alginates -- 10.4. Undaria for food -- 10.5. Kappaphycus and Eucheuma for carrageenans -- 10.6. Gelidium and Gracilaria for agar -- 10.7. Tank cultivation -- 10.8. Offshore/open-ocean cultivation -- 10.9. Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) and biomitigation -- 10.10. Other uses of seaweeds -- 10.11. Seaweed biotechnology: current status and future prospects -- 10.12. Synopsis.
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Originally published: Seaweed ecology and physiology / Christopher S. Lobban, Paul J. Harrison. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.