
- 488 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Aquatic Photosynthesis is a comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition, thoroughly revised to bring it up to date, describes how one of the most fundamental metabolic processes evolved and transformed the surface chemistry of the Earth. The book focuses on recent biochemical and biophysical advances and the molecular biological techniques that have made them possible.
In ten chapters that are self-contained but that build upon information presented earlier, the book starts with a reductionist, biophysical description of the photosynthetic reactions. It then moves through biochemical and molecular biological patterns in aquatic photoautotrophs, physiological and ecological principles, and global biogeochemical cycles. The book considers applications to ecology, and refers to historical developments. It can be used as a primary text in a lecture course, or as a supplemental text in a survey course such as biological oceanography, limnology, or biogeochemistry.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1 An Introduction to Photosynthesis in Aquatic Systems
- 2 Light Absorption and Energy Transfer in the Photosynthetic Apparatus
- 3 The Photosynthetic Light Reactions
- 4 Photosynthetic Electron Transport and Photophosphorylation
- 5 Carbon Acquisition and Assimilation
- 6 The Molecular Structure of the Photosynthetic Apparatus
- 7 Photosynthesis in Continuous Light
- 8 Making Cells
- 9 Photosynthesis and Primary Production in Nature
- 10 Aquatic Photosynthesis in Biogeochemical Cycles
- References
- Index