Algal Adaptation to Environmental Stresses - Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms

Algae, generally held as the principal primary producers of aquatic systems, inhabit all conceivable habitats. They have great ability to cope with a harsh environment, e.g. extremely high and low temperatures, suboptimal and supraoptimal light intensities, low availability of essential nutrients and other resources, and high concentrations of toxic chemicals, etc. A multitude of physiological, biochemical, and molecular strategies enable them to survive and grow in stressful habitats. This book presents a critical account of various mechanisms of stress tolerance in algae, many of which may occur in microbes and plants as well.

List of contents

1 Algal Adaptation to Stress - Some General Remarks.- 2 Carbon Limitation.- 3 Nitrogen Limitation.- 4 Phosphate Limitation.- 5 Trace Metal Constraints on Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Acquisition and Assimilation by Phytoplankton.- 6 Acclimation of Photosynthetic Light Energy Conversion to the Light Environments.- 7 Adaptation to UV Stress in Algae.- 8 Temperature Stress and Basic Bioenergetic Strategies for Stress Defence.- 9 Acidophilic and Acidotolerant Algae.- 10 Alkaliphilic and Alkali Tolerant Algae.- 11 Salt Acclimation of Algae and Cyanobacteria: A Comparison.- 12 Heavy Metal Tolerance in Algae.- 13 Eukaryotic Algae, Cyanobacteria and Pesticides.

Summary

Algae, generally held as the principal primary producers of aquatic systems, inhabit all conceivable habitats. They have great ability to cope with a harsh environment, e.g. extremely high and low temperatures, suboptimal and supraoptimal light intensities, low availability of essential nutrients and other resources, and high concentrations of toxic chemicals, etc. A multitude of physiological, biochemical, and molecular strategies enable them to survive and grow in stressful habitats. This book presents a critical account of various mechanisms of stress tolerance in algae, many of which may occur in microbes and plants as well.

Product details

• Assisted by: C Rai (Editor), L C Rai (Editor), J. P. Gaur (Editor), J.P. Gaur (Editor), P Gaur (Editor), P Gaur (Editor), L. C. Rai (Editor), L.C. Rai (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2012
• EAN: 9783642639968
• ISBN: 978-3-642-63996-8
• No. of pages: 421
• Illustrations: XI, 421 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Biochemie, B, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Microbiology (non-medical), Life Sciences, Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch), Botany, Ecology, biochemistry, microbiology, Pollution, Umweltverschmutzung und Gefahren für die Umwelt, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biochemistry, general, Energy industries & utilities, Water pollution, Plant Science, Plant Sciences, Water supply & treatment