Chrysophyte Algae - Ecology, Phylogeny and Development

Klappentext Examines ecology! development and phylogeny of chrysophyte algae. Zusammenfassung Chrysophytes are mainly freshwater algae which are important indicators of environmental degradation! and also widely used as model cellular systems. For the first time! this book provides an overview of current chrysophyte research! examining existing literature! and suggesting new avenues for research in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. History of chrysophyte research; Part I. Phylogeny, Systematics and Evolution: 2. Evolution of plastid genomes; 3. A modern concept of chrysophycean systematics; 4. Current status of chrysophyte 'splinter groups': synurophytes, pedinellids, silicoflagellates; Part II. Development, Physiology and Nutrition: 5. Comparative aspects of chrysophyte nutrition with emphasis on carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen metabolism; 6. Mixotrophy in chrysophytes; 7. Biomineralization and scale production in the Chrysophyta; 8. Immunological and ultrastructural studies of scale development and deployment in Apedinella and Mallomonas; Part III. Ecology, Paleocology and Reproduction: 9. Chrysophyte blooms in the plankton and neuston of marine and freshwater systems; 10. Biogeography of chrysophytes in Finnish lakes; 11. The distribution of chrysophytes along environmental gradients; 12. The influence of zooplankton herbivory on the biogeography of chrysophyte algae; 13. Application of chrysophytes to problems in paleolimnology; Part IV. Contributed Original Papers: 14. Mallomonas variabilis sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae) with stomatocysts found in Lake Kinnevesi, Finland; 15. Scale morphology and growth characteristics of clones of Synura petersenii (Synurophyceae) at different temperatures; 16. Status of the Chrysamoebales (Chrysophyceae): observations on Chrysamoeba pyrenoidifera, Rhizochromulina marina and Lagynion delicatulum; 17. The genus Paraphysomonas from Indian rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks.

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• Authors: International Chrysophyte Symposium, Craig D. (University of Wisconsin Sandgren, Craig D. Smol Sandgren
• Assisted by: J. Kristiansen (Editor), Jorgen Kristiansen (Editor), Kristiansen J. (Editor), Craig D. Sandgren (Editor), Sandgren Craig D. (Editor), J. P. Smol (Editor), John P. Smol (Editor), Smol J. P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.1995
• EAN: 9780521462600
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46260-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology, Freshwater biology, Phycology, algae & lichens, Phycology (algae and seaweed)