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Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition
Paul G. Falkowski
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Description for Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition describes how one of the most fundamental metabolic processes evolved and transformed the surface chemistry of the Earth. It focuses on biochemical and biophysical advances and the molecular biological techniques. Num Pages: 488 pages, 8 color plates. 10 halftones. 145 line illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: PSPM; PSTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1086.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
1095g
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691115511
SKU
V9780691115511
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paul G. Falkowski
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 .
Reviews for Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition
Despite the ubiquity and critical importance of this topic to the study of aquatic ecology, there are very few books dedicated primarily to aquatic photosynthesis, and none cover the subject matter with comparable elegance or continuity from the molecule to the ecosystem as does this one, authored by two of the leading researchers in the subject... [I]t is a pleasure to have this important volume back in print after a hiatus of several years. No other text covers the subject as lucidly or completely as this one, and that makes it an extremely valuable pedagogical reference. It will be a welcome addition to any library or personal collection.
Richard C. Zimmerman, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin Indeed a magnificent book that will, perhaps, be welcomed as one of the best and the most useful ones for all biologists and oceanographers... No other text covers the subject as lucidly or completely as this one, and that makes it an extremely valuable pedagogical reference. It will be a welcome addition to any library or personal collection.
Richard C. Zimmerman, Current Engineering Practice
Richard C. Zimmerman, Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin Indeed a magnificent book that will, perhaps, be welcomed as one of the best and the most useful ones for all biologists and oceanographers... No other text covers the subject as lucidly or completely as this one, and that makes it an extremely valuable pedagogical reference. It will be a welcome addition to any library or personal collection.
Richard C. Zimmerman, Current Engineering Practice