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    Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition
    Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition
    Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition
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    Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition

    By Paul G. Falkowski and John A. Raven

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    Aquatic Photosynthesis is a comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition, thoroughly revised to bring it up to date, describes how one of the most fundamental metabolic processes evolved and transformed the surface chemistry of the Earth. The book focuses on recent biochemical and biophysical advances and the molecular biological techniques that have made them possible.


    In ten chapters that are self-contained but that build upon information presented earlier, the book starts with a reductionist, biophysical description of the photosynthetic reactions. It then moves through biochemical and molecular biological patterns in aquatic photoautotrophs, physiological and ecological principles, and global biogeochemical cycles. The book considers applications to ecology, and refers to historical developments. It can be used as a primary text in a lecture course, or as a supplemental text in a survey course such as biological oceanography, limnology, or biogeochemistry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrinceton University Press
    Release dateOct 31, 2013
    ISBN9781400849727
    Aquatic Photosynthesis: Second Edition
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    Paul G. Falkowski

    Paul G. Falkowski holds the Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources at Rutgers University, where he studies how microbes have shaped the history of Earth.

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