Seaweed biology: novel insights into ecophysiology, ecology and utilization

Seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, are among the most important primary producers and act as ecological engineers on rocky coasts of the world’s oceans. In addition to their extreme ecological importance they are also of high economic relevance. Complementing available textbooks with its more research-oriented approach, this volume contains 22 chapters by renowned experts, grouped in five parts. In Part I fundamental processes and acclimation strategies of seaweeds towards the abiotic environment are covered. Part II focuses on the multitude of biotic interactions in seaweed communities, and in Part III the reader is introduced to the structure and function of the main seaweed systems of theworld. The chapters of Part IV highlight and discuss the effects of global and local environmental changes on seaweeds and their communities. In the final Part V a comprehensive overview of developments in seaweed aquaculture, industrial applications and the overall economic importance of seaweeds is provided.Summarizing the advances in seaweed biology achieved within the last few decades, this book also identifies gaps in the present knowledge and needs for future research. INDICE: Part I: Fundamental processes and acclimation to abiotic environmental variables 1 Hanelt D. and F.-L.-Figueroa: Physiological and photomorphogenic effects of light on marine macrophytes 2 Gómez I. and P. Huovinen: Morpho-functionality of carbon metabolism in seaweeds 3 Eggert, A.: Seaweed responsesto temperature 4 Gordillo, F.: Environment and algal nutrition 5 Karsten, U.:Seaweed acclimation to salinity and desiccation stress 6 Bischof, K. and R. Rautenberger: Seaweed responses to environmental stress: reactive oxygen and antioxidative strategies Part II: Biotic interactions 7 Edwards, M.S. and S. D. Connell: Competition, a major factor structuring seaweed communities 8 Iken, K.: Grazers on benthic seaweeds 9 Amsler, C.: Chemical ecology of seaweeds 10 Friedrich, M: Prokaryotic microbial communities on macroalgae 11 Potin, P.: Intimate associations between epiphytes, endophytes and parasites of seaweeds 12 Andreakis, N. and B. Schaffelke: Invasive marine seaweeds: Pest or prize? PartIII: Structure and function of the world’s main seaweed systems 13 Wiencke, C. and C.D. Amsler: Seaweeds and their communities in polar regions14 Huovinen,P. and I. Gómez: Cold temperate seaweed communities of the southern Hemisphere 15 Flores-Moya, A.: Warm temperate seaweed communities: A case study of deepwater kelp forests from the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean Sea) and the Straitof Gibraltar 16 Mejia, A.Y, G.N. Puncher and A.H. Engelen: Macroalgae in tropical marine coastal systems 17 Rothäusler, E., L. Gutow and M. Thiel: Floatingseaweeds and their communities Part IV: Effects of global and local changes on the performance of seaweeds 18 Bartsch, I., C. Wiencke and T. Laepple: Global seaweed biogeography under a changing climate: the prospected effects of temperature 19 Roleda, M.Y and C.L. Hurd: Seaweed responses to Ocean Acidification 20 Bischof, K. and F.S. Steinhoff: Impacts of ozone depletion and solar UV-Bradiation on seaweeds 21 Teichberg, M., P, Martinetto and S.E. Fox: Bottom-upversus top-down control of macroalgal blooms Part V: Aquaculture and economical importance of seaweeds 22 Buchholz, C.M., G. Krause and B.H. Buck: Seaweed and man

• ISBN: 978-3-642-28450-2
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 31/05/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés