Seaweed Ecology and Physiology

by Christopher S. Lobban , Paul J. Harrison

• ISBN13: 9780521403344
• ISBN10: 0521403340
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-08-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A rewritten and reorganized edition of The Physiological Ecology of Seaweeds (1985), this book contains a new introductory chapter reviewing seaweed morphology, cytology, life histories and an expanded treatment of tropical seaweeds. 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. Also contains an appendix summarizing the taxonomic position and nomenclature of the species mentioned in the book.

Table of Contents

1. Morphology, life histories and morphogenesis

1.1 Introduction: the plants and their environments

1.2 Seaweed morphology and anatomy

1.3 Seaweed cells

1.4 Seaweed genetics and molecular biology

1.5 Seaweed life histories

1.6 Settlement and germination

1.7 Thallus morphogenesis

1.8 Synopsis

2. Seaweed communities

2.1 Seaweed communities T. A. Norton et al.

2.2 Intertidal zonation patterns

2.3 Submerged zonation patterns

2.4 Some other seaweed habitats and communities P. H. Nienhuis et al.

2.5 Community analysis

2.6 Synopsis

3. Biotic interactions

3.1 Competition

3.2 Grazing

3.3 Symbiosis

3.4 Synopsis

4. Light and photosynthesis

4.1 An overview of photosynthesis

4.2 Irradiance

4.3 Light harvesting

4.4 Carbon fixation: the 'dark reactions' of photosynthesis

4.5 Seaweed polysaccharides

4.6 Carbon translocation

4.7 Photosynthetic rates and primary productivity

4.8 Synopsis

5. Nutrients

5.1 Nutrien requirements

5.2 Nutrient availability in seawater

5.3 Pathways and barriers to ion entry

5.4 Nutrient uptake kinetics

5.5 Uptake, assimilation and metabolic role of essential nutrients

5.6 Long distance transport translocation

5.7 Growth kinetics

5.8 Effects of nutrient supply

5.9 Synopsis

6. Temperature and Salinity

6.1 Natural ranges of temperature and salinity

6.2 Temperature effects

6.3 Biochemical and physiological effects of salinity

6.4 Dessication

6.5 Salinity-temperature interactions and estuarine distribution

6.6 Synopsis

7. Water motion

7.1 Water flow over surfaces

7.2 Wave action

7.3 Synopsis

8. Pollution

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Thermal pollution

8.3 Heavy metals

8.4 Oil

8.5 Synthetic organic chemicals

8.6 Complex wastes and eutrophication

8.7 Synopsis

9. Seaweed mariculture

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Porphyra mariculture

9.3 Lamineria mariculture

9.4 Undaria mariculture

9.5 Eucheuma and Kappaphycus mariculture

9.6 Other seaweeds

9.7 Domestication of seaweeds - application of ecology and physiology

9.8 Seaweed biotechnology

9.9 Synopsis

Appendix: Taxonomic classification of algae mentioned in the text P. C. Silva and R. L. Moe

Index.