The Haptophyte Algae
Series: Systematics Association Special Volumes; 51;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 3 November 1994
- Number of Volumes laminated boards
- ISBN 9780198577720
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages464 pages
- Size 241x160x30 mm
- Weight 902 g
- Language English
- Illustrations halftones, line figures, tables 0
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Short description:
The planktonic algae known as the Haptophyta occur in all the world's oceans, sometimes occurring in `blooms' so dense that they can be detected by satellites. Some species produce sulphur compounds that may contribute to the `acid rain' problem. Other stongly affect the carbon dioxide balance between ocean and the atmosphere, thus becoming linked to the proposed `greenhouse effect', and others produce powerful poisons responsible for killing fish and other marine life.
This is the first book to deal comprehensively with this important group of unicellular organisms, and each chapter has been contributed by an expert in the field. The topics covered include all major aspects of haptophyte biology, including structure, biochemistry, ecology, climatological and economic importance, fossil record, evolution, and systematics.
The only synthetic and comprehensive work on this group of organisms
Calcified forms identified - important for dating rocks and sediments from prehistoric to recent times
Long description:
The haptophyte algae (sometimes referred to as the prymnesiophyte algae) are cosmopolitan in their distribution and are particularly important in marine ecosystems. They form a significant component of the phytoplankon and may occasionally be the dominant organisms.
In recent years there has been a marked increase in these algae, partly as a result of the occurence of a number of ichthyotoxic blooms in Scandinavian coastal waters, whose effects have been dramatic in terms of both the diversity of species affected and their economic impact. It is also now recognised that some members of the Haptophyta may affect our climate through the production of volatile sulphur compounds and through the effects that calcifying biomineralization may have on ocean/atmospheric carbon dioxide exchange.
This is the first monograph on the Haptophyta, each chapter having been contributed by authors experienced in their subject. The topics covered include all major aspects of haptophyte biology, such as their structure, biochemistry, ecology, climatological and economic importance, fossil record, evolution and systematics.
Table of Contents:
Systrematic history and taxonomy
Cell coverings
Flagella and flagellar roots
The haptonema
Mitosis and cell division
Photosynthetic pigments
Cellular regulation during calcification in Emiliania huxleyi
Mechanisms of calcification: Emiliania huxleyi as a model system
Life cycles
Prymnesiophytes as components of marine phytoplankton
Prymnesiophytes in polar waters
Ecology of Phaeocystis: the key role of colony forms
Mixotrophy in prymnesiophytes
Economic aspects of prymnesiophyte biology: 'blooms', nuisance species, and toxins
Prymnesiophytes as feedstocks in mariculture
Dimethyl sulfide: production and atmospheric consequences
Emiliania huxleyi as a key to biosphere-geosphere interaction
Coccolithophorid bioceonosis: production and fluxes to the deep sea
Lipid biomarkers of the Prymnesiophyceae
Palaeontological perspectives
Molecular biology and systematics
Origin and relationships of the Haptophyta
