Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition / Edition 2

by Paul G. Falkowski, John A. Raven

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9780691115511
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	02/11/2007
Edition description:	Second
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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 ix

Preface to the First Edition xi

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Photosynthesis in Aquatic Systems 1

Chapter 2: Light Absorption and Energy Transfer in the Photosynthetic Apparatus 44

Chapter 3: The Photosynthetic Light Reactions 81

Chapter 4: Photosynthetic Electron Transport and Photophosphorylation 118

Chapter 5: Carbon Acquisition and Assimilation 156

Chapter 6: The Molecular Structure of the Photosynthetic Apparatus 201

Chapter 7: Photosynthesis in Continuous Light 237

Chapter 8: Making Cells 278

Chapter 9: Photosynthesis and Primary Production in Nature 319

Chapter 10: Aquatic Photosynthesis in Biogeochemical Cycles 364

References 411

Index 465

What People are Saying About This

Geider

Aquatic Photosynthesis is an excellent reference text for undergraduate-level courses and is a good text for specialist courses (advanced undergraduate and postgraduate). Everyone who works on aquatic photosynthesis should own this text and most people entering the field at the postgraduate or professional level will purchase it.
— Richard J. Geider, University of Essex

From the Publisher

"Aquatic Photosynthesis is an excellent reference text for undergraduate-level courses and is a good text for specialist courses (advanced undergraduate and postgraduate). Everyone who works on aquatic photosynthesis should own this text and most people entering the field at the postgraduate or professional level will purchase it."—Richard J. Geider, University of Essex

"It's a great book. It will be very useful for all biologists and oceanographers."—Govindjee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign Govindjee

It's a great book. It will be very useful for all biologists and oceanographers.

Editorial Reviews

"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

From the Publisher

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.

Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin - Richard C. Zimmerman

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

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