Photosynthesis in Algae Edited By Anthony W. D. Larkum, Susan E. Douglas and John A. Raven

Photosynthesis in Algae. This is a book for everyone interested in photosynthesis. The algae are a fascinating group of photosynthetic organisms ranging from some of the largest organisms on our planet down to the microscopic. Much of their diversity rests on their wide-ranging photosynthetic systems. Yet despite an explosion in our knowledge over the last decade, there has been no single book devoted to detailed aspects of algal photosynthesis for over twenty-five years. This book introduces the reader to algal diversity as currently understood and then traces the photosynthetic structures and mechanisms that contribute so much to making the algae unique. Indeed the field is now so large that no one expert can hope to cover it all. The 19 articles are each written by experts in their area; ranging over all the essential aspects and making for a comprehensive coverage of the whole field. Important developments in molecular biology, especially transformation mutants in Chlamydomonas, are dealt with, as well as areas important to global climate change, carbon dioxide exchange, light harvesting, energy transduction, biotechnology and many others. The book is intended for use by graduate students and beginning researchers in the areas of molecular and cell biology, integrative biology, plant biology, biochemistry and biophysics, biotechnology, global ecology, and phycology.

Contents: Editorial. Preface. Color Plates. Introductory Chapters: The Algae and their General Characteristics, S. E. Douglas, J. A. Raven, A. W. D. Larkum; Algal Plastids: Their Fine Structure and Properties, A. W. D. Larkum and M. Vesk; The Photosynthetic Apparatus of Chlorophyll b- and d-Containing Oxyphotobacteria, F. Partensky and L. Garczarek. Molecular Genetics of Algae: Structure and Regulation of Algal Light-Harvesting Complex Genes, D. G. Durnford; Functional Analysis of Plastid Genes through Chloroplast Reverse Genetics in Chlamydomonas, J.-D. Rochaix; Biochemistry and Regulation of Chlorophyll Biosynthesis, A. B. Cahoon and M. P. Timko. Biochemistry and Physiology of Algae: Oxygenic Photosynthesis in Algae and Cyanobacteria: Electron Transfer in Photosystems I and II, J. H. A. Nugent, S. Purton and M. C. W. Evans; Oxygen Consumption: Photorespiration and Chlororespiration, J. Beardall, A. Quigg and J. A. Raven; The Water-Water Cycle in Algae, C. Miyake and K. Asada; Carbohydrate Metabolism and Respiration in Algae, J. A. Raven and J. Beardall; Carbon Acquisition Mechanisms of Algae: Carbon Dioxide Diffusion and Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Mechanisms, J. A. Raven and J. Beardall. Light-Harvesting Systems in Algae: Modeling the Excitation Energy Capture inThylakoid Membranes, H.-W. Trissl; Light-Harvesting Systems in Algae, A. W. D. Larkum; Red, Cryptomonad and Glaucocystophyte Algal Phycobiliproteins, C. M. Toole and F. C. T. Allnutt; Carotenoids of Light Harvesting Systems: Energy Transfer Processes from Fucoxanthin and Peridinin to Chlorophyll, M. Mimuro and S. Akimoto. General Aspects of Photosynthesis in Algae: Photoinhibition, UV-B and Algal Photosynthesis, L. A. Franklin, C. B. Osmond and A. W. D. Larkum; Adaptation, Acclimation and Regulation in Algal Photosynthesis, J. A. Raven and R. J. Geider; Photosynthesis in Marine Macroalgae, D. Hanelt, C. Wiencke and K. Bischof; Photosynthesis in Symbiotic Algae, D. Yellowlees and M. Warner. Index.

• Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-6333-7
  November 2003, 500 pp.
  EUR 232.00 /  USD 255.00 /  GBP 160.00
  
  Available at 25% discount for members of the International Society of Photosynthesis Research

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