Marine phytoplankton / William T. Kersey and Samuel P. Munger, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kersey, William T.

Munger, Samuel P.

Series:

Oceanography and ocean engineering series.

Oceanography and ocean engineering series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine phytoplankton.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Phytoplankton are microscopic plants that live in the ocean. Phytoplankton obtain energy through a process called photosynthesis and must therefore live in the well-lit surface layer of an ocean, sea, lake or other body of water. This book provides current research on this very important marine plant species.

Contents:

Intro

MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON

CONTENTS

PREFACE

MICROPHYTOBENTHOS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

STRUCTURE OF MICROPHYTOBENTHOS: TAXONOMY ANDDIVERSITY

SEASONAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY

METHODS AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS RELATEDTO THE STUDY OF MICROPHYTOBENTHOS

PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF MICROPHYTOBENTHOS: IMPORTANCEOF MICROPHYTOBENTHOS ON COASTAL TROPHIC NETS

INFLUENCE OF MICROPHYTOBENTHOS ON SEDIMENT DYNAMICS

ECOTOXICOLOGY OF MICROPHYTOBENTHOS

FURTHER STUDIES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

NEAR BOTTOM PHYTOPLANKTON AND SESTON:IMPORTANCE IN THE PELAGIC-BENTHICCOUPLING PROCESSES

1. INTRODUCTION: BASIC CONCEPTS AND COMPONENTS

2. THE COMPLEXITY OF NEAR BOTTOM WATER LAYERS

2.1. Competence for Light and Nutrients

2.2. The Importance of High Frequency Sampling

2.3. The Temporary Component of Phytoplankton: Resting Stages and Cysts

3. DIFFERENT HABITATS, DIFFERENT FEATURES

3.1. Warm Temperate Seas

3.2. Cold Temperate Seas

3.3. Tidal Flats

3.4. Fjords

3.5. Tropical Seas

3.6. Polar Seas

3.7. The Deep Sea

4. BENTHIC ORGANISMS FEEDING ON NEAR BOTTOMPHYTOPLANKTON AND SESTON

5.1. Feeding Strategies and Phytoplankton Depletion

5.2. Absorption and Assimilation of Phytoplankton by the BenthicSuspension Feeders

5.3. Benthic-Pelagic Coupling and Food Availability

5.4. The Nutrient Return to the System

5.5. Seasonality

6. CONCLUSION

SLOW-DOWN OF OCEANIC CO2 UPTAKEIN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING

1. INTRODUCTION

2. MODEL AND EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

3. METHODS

4. RESULTS

4.1. CO2 Fluxes

4.1.1. Global CO2 Fluxes

4.1.2. CO2 Flux Patterns

4.1.3. Regional CO2 Fluxes

4.1.3.1. Response to Emissions and Climate Change

4.1.3.2. Response to Climate Change

4.2. CO2 Flux Determining Properties

4.2.1. Solubility.

4.2.2. Gas Transfer Velocity

4.2.3. Oceanic Partial Pressure and Atmosphere-Ocean Partial Pressure Difference

4.2.4. Fluxes Induced by Solubility, Kw And δPCO2 Changes

4. 3. CO2 Transport Out of the Surface Layer

4.3.1. Maximum Mixed Layer Depth

4.3.2. North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) and AntarcticCircumpolar Current (ACC)

4.3.3. Export

5. DISCUSSION

5.1. Southern Ocean (35° and 60° S)

5.2. North Atlantic

5.3. Arctic and Southern Ocean South of 60°S

5.4. Equatorial Oceans and Low-Latitude Atlantic

MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINOACIDS IN PHYTOPLANKTON:BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY AND OPTICS

BIOCHEMISTRY AND PATHWAYS OF SYNTHESISFOR MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDS

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDSTO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

INDUCTION OF MAAS BY PAR AND UV-R

MAAS AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE: HOW ARE THEY RELATEDTO PHOTOPROTECTION?

Sunscreen Efficiency of MAAs as Photoprotective Compounds: How WellDo MAAs Shade Vulnerable Organelles?

SPECTRAL WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS FOR MAA SYNTHESISAND SCREENING

MAA EXUDATION INTO THE DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER POOL:SOURCES AND SINKS

FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN MAA RESEARCH

THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENT LIMITATION AND METALTOXICITY FOR THE GROWTH OF MARINE DIATOMPHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM BOHLIN:MICROPLATE BIOASSAY

NUTRIENT LIMITATION

Nutrient Enrichment Bioassay

METAL TOXICITY

Algal Growth Inhibition Test

NUTRIENT LIMITATION AND METAL TOXICITY

CONCLUSION

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MARINEPHYTOPLANKTON, DIMETHYLSULPHIDEAND THE GLOBAL CLIMATE:THE CLAW HYPOTHESIS AS A LAKATOSIANPROGRESSIVE PROBLEMSHIFT

1. INTRODUCTION.

2. FROM A GAP IN THE SULPHUR CYCLE TO A NEW RESEARCH AREA

3. LAKATOS' THEORY OF SCIENCE AND THE CLAW HYPOTHESISAS A PROGRESSIVE PROBLEMSHIFT IN THE GAIARESEARCH PROGRAMME2

4. SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE CLAW HYPOTHESIS

5. CONCLUDING REMARKS

PERSPECTIVES ON MARINE PHYTOPLANKTONAS SOURCES OF NUTRITION AND BIOENERGY

2. ALGAE AS A SOURCE OF NUTRITION, THERAPEUTICSAND COSMETICS

2.1. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

2.2. Therapeutics

2.3. Aquaculture Nutrition and Cosmetics

3. BIOENERGY

3.1. Algal Biodiesel

3.2. Algal-Hydrogen and Methane

4. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

5. RESEARCH CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES

IMPACT OF PARASITIC FUNGI ON THE DIVERSITYAND FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGYOF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON

MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF FUNGAL PARASITES

DIVERSITY OF FUNGAL PARASITE IN MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON

IMPACT OF FUNGAL PARASITES ON MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON

BACTERIAL VECTORS IN DINOFLAGELLATECIGUATOXIN PRODUCTION

HISTORY OF CIGUATERA FISH POISONING

ASSOCIATED BACTERIAL FLORA AND THEIR ROLE INDINOFLAGELLATE TOXICITY

VBNC VS CULTURABLE - IDENTIFICATION OF NONCULTURABLEORGANISMS

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY OF TOXIN-PRODUCING DINOFLAGELLATES

IDENTIFICATION OF PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION -IMPLICATIONS IN TOXIN PRODUCTION

THE PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF THE WHITE SEA

HIGH ORDERLINESS OF PHYTOPLANKTONTAXONOMIC STRUCTURE AS REVEALEDBY SEVERAL APPROXIMATION MODELS

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Site Description

Phytoplankton Data Acquisition and Processing

Taxonomic Rank-Frequency Distributions

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

REFERENCES.

BIO-MITIGATION AND BIOFUELPRODUCTION USING MICROALGAE

1. MICROALGAE FOR CO2 MITIGATION AND BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

Diatoms

Green Algae

Golden-Brown Algae

Prymnesiophytes

Eustigmatophytes

Cyanobacteria

2. ALGAL CULTIVATION

2.1. Nutrition

Nitrogen

Phosphorus

Other Elements

2.2. Culture Parameters

Temperature

Light

pH

Salinity

Mixing

2.3. Cultivation System

Open Ponds

Closed Photobioreactors

The Coupled Photobioreactor-Open Pond (Two-Stage)Cultivation System (Huntley and Redalje 2007)

3. MICROALGAL BIOMASS HARVESTING AND DRYING

4. CO2 BIO-MITIGATION BY MICROALGAE

4.1. Microalgal Species for Fixation of CO2 from Different Sources

4.3. Combined CO2 Bio-Mitigation with Biofuel Production

4.3.1. Biofuels from Microalgae

Biodiesel

Bio-Oil and Bio-Syngas

Bio-Hydrogen

4.3.2. Biofuel Conversion

Transesterification for Biodiesel Production (Chisti 2007)

Gasification

Pyrolysis

Liquefaction

5. BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC ENGINEERING APPROACHESFOR ENHANCED MICROALGAL LIPID PRODUCTION

5.1. Biochemical Engineering Approaches

5.2. The Genetic Engineering Approach

An Overview of the Global Lipid Biosynthesis Pathway

Enhanced Lipid Production of Microalgae

5.3. The Transcriptional Factor Engineering Approach

6. ENHANCEMENT OF ECONOMIC FEASIBILITYOF BIOFUELS FROM MICROALGAE

6.1. Biorefinary: The High-Value Co-Product Strategy

6.2. Combination of Microalgal Cultivation with Wastewater Treatment

COCCOLITH FORMATION IN THE HAPTOPHYTA

2. MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM UNDERLYINGCOCCOLITH FORMATION

2.1. Emiliania huxleyi

2.2. Pleurochrysis carterae

3. BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES - FOCUSING ON RESEARCHON ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDES

3.1. E. huxleyi

3.2. Pleurochrysis.

4. MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

4.1. E. huxleyi

4.2. Pleurochrysis

THE ECO-GENOMICS OF PHYTOPLANKTON:AN OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE

THE BREAKTHROUGH: RECENT ADVANCES AND FULLGENOME SEQUENCES

EVERYTHING IS NOT EVERYWHERE

SCALE MATTERS: THE DISPERSAL-GENE FLOW PARADOXAND THE METACOMMUNITY VIEW

THE 'EXTENDED PHENOTYPE' CONCEPT IN AQUATIC ECOLOGY

MARINE PHYTOPLANKTONS AS A FOODOF SUSPENSION FEEDERS

DELAYED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPYAS A SIMPLE AND RAPID MEASUREMENT TOOLFOR ACTIVE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS,PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITIONS AND A POSSIBLETOOL FOR MONITORING PHOTOSYNTHETICTRAITS OF PHYTOPLANKTON

RECENT TECHNIQUES IN MARINEPHYTOPLANKTON MONITORING

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61470-212-8

OCLC:

777549381