Aquatic Photosynthesis

by Falkowski, Paul G.; Raven, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780691115511
• ISBN10: 0691115516
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-22
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Aquatic Photosynthesisis 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.

Author Biography

Paul G. Falkowski is Board of Governors Professor in Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences at Rutgers University. He has published numerous articles in "Science, Nature", and "Scientific American". John A. Raven is Boyd Baxter Professor of Biology at the University of Dundee, Scotland. His books include "Energetics and Transport in Aquatic Plants".

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xi
An Introduction to Photosynthesis in Aquatic Systems	p. 1
Light Absorption and Energy Transfer in the Photosynthetic Apparatus	p. 44
The Photosynthetic Light Reactions	p. 81
Photosynthetic Electron Transport and Photophosphorylation	p. 118
Carbon Acquisition and Assimilation	p. 156
The Molecular Structure of the Photosynthetic Apparatus	p. 201
Photosynthesis in Continuous Light	p. 237
Making Cells	p. 278
Photosynthesis and Primary Production in Nature	p. 319
Aquatic Photosynthesis in Biogeochemical Cycles	p. 364
References	p. 411
Index	p. 465
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