The Ecology of Cyanobacteria Their Diversity in Time and Space /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Whitton, Brian A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Potts, Malcolm (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Aquatic ecology.; Bacteriology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Plant Sciences.

Cyanobacteria make a major contribution to world photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation, but are also notorious for causing nuisances such as dense and often toxic `blooms' in lakes and the ocean. The Ecology of Cyanobacteria: Their Diversity in Time and Space is the first book to focus solely on...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• to the Cyanobacteria
• The Fossil Record: Tracing the Roots of the Cyanobacterial Lineage
• Cyanobacteria in Geothermal Habitats
• Cyanobacterial Mats and Stromatolites
• Marine Plankton
• Freshwater Blooms
• Picoplankton and Other Non-Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria in Lakes
• Soils and Rice-Fields
• Limestones
• Salts and Brines
• Oil Pollution and Cyanobacteria
• Cyanobacterial Dominance in the Polar Regions
• Cyanobacteria in Deserts — Life at the Limit?
• Detecting the Environment
• Molecular Responses to Environmental Stress
• Metal Metabolism and Toxicity: Repetitive DNA
• Nostoc
• Arthrospira (Spirulina): Systematics and EcophysioIogy
• Symbiotic Interactions
• Cyanophages and Their Role in the Ecology of Cyanobacteria
• Cyanobacterial Responses to UV-Radiation
• Cyanotoxins.