The Ecology of Cyanobacteria Their Diversity in Time and Space /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Whitton, Brian A. (Editor), Potts, Malcolm. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Aquatic ecology.; Bacteriology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Plant Sciences.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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 Ớ 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.