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  title info:
    title: Ecology of Cyanobacteria II
    sub title: Their Diversity in Space and Time
  name:
    name part: Whitton, Brian A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XV, 760 p. 255 illus., 208 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Cyanobacteria have existed for 3.5 billion years, yet they are still the most important photosynthetic organisms on the planet for cycling carbon and nitrogen. The ecosystems where they have key roles range from the warmer oceans to many Antarctic sites. They also include dense nuisance growths in nutrient-rich lakes and nitrogen-fixers which aid the fertility of rice-fields and many soils, especially the biological soil crusts of arid regions. Molecular biology has in recent years provided major advances in our understanding of cyanobacterial ecology. Perhaps for more than any other group of organisms, it is possible to see how the ecology, physiology, biochemistry, ultrastructure and molecular biology interact. This all helps to deal with practical problems such as the control of nuisance blooms and the use of cyanobacterial inocula to manage semi-desert soils. Large-scale culture of several organisms, especially "Spirulina" (Arthrospira), for health food and specialist products is increasingly being expanded for a much wider range of uses. In view of their probable contribution to past oil deposits, much attention is currently focused on their potential as a source of biofuel. Please visit http://extras.springer.com/ to view Extra Materials belonging to this volume. This book complements the highly successful Ecology of Cyanobacteria and integrates the discoveries of the past twelve years with the older literature.
  table of contents: Environments -- Physiological Ecology -- Molecular Ecology -- The Organisms -- Applied Aspects.
  note: edited by Brian A. Whitton.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Aquatic ecology
  subject:
    topic: Microbial ecology
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Entomology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Freshwater & Marine Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Microbial Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Terrestial Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Entomology
  classification: QH541.5.W3
  classification: QH541.5.F7
  classification: QH541.5.S3
  classification: 577.6
  classification: 577.7
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      title: Springer eBooks
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  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3855-3
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