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Introduction to the Algal World/Meltem Conk Dalay | |
General Introduction | |
Oxygenic Photosynthetic Microorganisms in Extreme Environments: Possibilities and Limitations | p. 5 |
Phototrophs at High and Low Light | |
Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Cyanobacteria and Their Protective Mechanisms | p. 31 |
The Hidden Life of Algae Underground | p. 49 |
Meromictic Lakes as Habitats for Protists: Life in the Chemocline and Below? | p. 61 |
Marine Phototrophs in the Twilight Zone | p. 81 |
Phototrophs in the Marine Environment | |
Biology of the Chlorophyll D-Containing Cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina | p. 103 |
Phylogenetics, Molecular Biology and Ecological Impacts of a Group of Highly Unusual Protists: The Dinoflagellates | p. 127 |
Diatoms: Living in a Constructal Environment | p. 143 |
The Margin of the Sea: Survival at the Top of the Tides | p. 175 |
Seaweeds on the Abrasion Platforms of the Intertidal Zone of Eastern Mediterranean Shores | p. 195 |
Status of Mangrove Ecosystem: Exploring the Potential Role of Cyanobacteria in Restoration and Afforestation | p. 211 |
Intertidal Sandy Beaches as a Habitat Where Plastid Acquisition Processes are Ongoing | p. 227 |
Hydrochemical Key to the Genesis of Calcareous Nonlaminated and Laminated Cyanobacterial Microbialites | p. 241 |
Soil and Freshwater Micro-Algae as a Food Source for Invertebrates in Extreme Environments | p. 267 |
Phototrophs in Cold Environments | |
Cold Tolerance in Cyanobacteria and Life in the Cryosphere | p. 289 |
Cyanobacteria in Antarctic Lake Environments: A Mini-Review | p. 305 |
Green Cryosestic Algae | p. 323 |
Psychrophilic Diatoms: Mechanisms for Survival in Freeze-Thaw Cycles | p. 345 |
Algae at Extreme Low Temperatures: The Cryobank | p. 367 |
Phototrophs in Hot Alkaline and Acidic Environments and Non-Thermal Acidic Habitats | |
Cyanidiophyceae: Looking Back-Looking Forward | p. 389 |
Diversity of the Cosmopolitan Thermophile Mastigocladus laminosus at Global, Regional and Local Scales | p. 401 |
The Thermophilic Cyanobacteria of the Zerka Ma'in Thermal Springs in Jordan | p. 413 |
Iron-Tolerant Cyanobacteria: Implications for Astrobiology | p. 427 |
Extreme Acidophiles: Freshwater Algae Associated with Acid Mine Drainage | p. 445 |
Eukaryotic Community Structure from Rio Tinto (Sw, Spain), a Highly Acidic River | p. 467 |
Species Composition of Cyanidiales Assemblages in Pisciarelli (Campi Flegrei, Italy) and Description of Galdieria phlegrea sp. nov | p. 489 |
A Genomics Approach to Understanding the Biology of Thermo-Acidophilic Red Algae | p. 505 |
Enigmatic Archaeal and Eukaryotic Life at Hydrothermal Vents and in Marine Subsurface Sediments | p. 521 |
Phototrophs Under Water Stress: Dry and Hypersaline Environments | |
North American Desert Microbiotic Soil Crust Communities: Diversity Despite Challenge | p. 539 |
Chroococcidiopsis from Desert to Mars | p. 555 |
Chlorophyta on Land: Independent Lineages of Green Eukaryotes from Arid Lands | p. 571 |
Aeroterrestrial Algae Growing on Man-Made Surfaces: What are the Secrets of their Ecological Success? | p. 585 |
The Systematics of Subaerial Algae | p. 601 |
Diversity, Distribution and Ecology of Green Algae and Cyanobacteria in Urban Habitats | p. 621 |
Diversity of Organic Osmotic Compounds and Osmotic Adaptation in Cyanobacteria and Algae | p. 641 |
Adaptation of Algae to Changing Environments | |
Cyanobacteria: Diversity and Versatility, Clues to Life in Extreme Environments | p. 661 |
Life in a Hypervariable Environment: Algae of the Great Salt Plains of Oklahoma, USA | p. 683 |
Other Microorganisms and Extreme Habitats | |
The Fate of Biological Materials in Acidic Environments of the Rio Tinto, Southwestern Spain | p. 699 |
Deep-Sea Microbial Eukaryotes in Anoxic, Microoxic, and Sulfidic Environments | p. 713 |
Fungal Associations at the Cold Edge of Life | p. 739 |
The Early Earth's Record of Supposed Extremophilic Bacteria and Cyanobacteria, at 3.8 to 2.5 Ga | p. 761 |
Outlook-Summary | |
Algae and Cyanobacteria Under Environmental Extremes: Final Comments | p. 783 |
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