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Edited By
Paul Falkowski, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Andrew Knoll, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Description
This text reference examines how photosynthesis evolved on Earth and how phytoplankton evolved through time – ultimately to permit the
evolution of complex life, including human beings. The first of its kind, this book provides thorough coverage of key topics, with contributions
by leading experts in biophysics, evolutionary biology, micropaleontology, marine ecology, and biogeochemistry.
This exciting new book
is of interest not only to students and researchers in marine science, but also to evolutionary biologists and ecologists interested
in understanding the origins and diversification of life. Primary Producers of the Sea offers these students and researchers
an understanding of the molecular evolution, phylogeny, fossil record, and environmental processes that collectively permits us to comprehend
the rise of phytoplankton and their impact on Earth's ecology and biogeochemistry. It is certain to become the first and best word on
this exhilarating topic.
Audience
Marine scientists, biological oceanographers, evolutionary biologists, Earth system scientists, paleontologists, systematists
Contents
1. An introduction to primary producers in the sea: Who they are, what they do, and when they evolved. Paul G. Falkowski and Andrew
H. Knoll.
2. Oceanic photochemistry and evolution of elements and co-factors in the early stages of the evolution of life. David
Mauzerall.
3. The Evolutionary transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis. Robert E. Blankenship, Sumedha Sadekar, and
Jason Raymond.
4. Evolution of light-harvesting antennas in an oxygen world. Beverley R. Green.
5. Eukaryote and mitochondrial origins:
two sides of the same coin and too much ado about oxygen. William Martin.
6. Photosynthesis and the eukaryote tree of life. Johanna
Fehling, Diane Stoecker, and Sandra L. Baldauf.
7. Plastid endosymbiosis: sources and timing of the major events. Jeremiah D. Hackett,
Hwan Su Yoon, Nicholas J. Butterfield, Michael J. Sanderson, and Debashish Bhattacharya.
8. The geological succession of primary producers
in the oceans. Andrew H. Knoll, Roger E. Summons, Jacob R. Waldbauer, and John E. Zumberge.
9. Life in Triassic oceans: links between
Benthic and planktonic recovery and radiation. Jonathan L. Payne and Bas van de Schootbrugge
10. The origin and evolution of dinoflagellates.
Charles F. Delwiche.
11. The origin and evolution of the diatoms: their adaptation to a planktonic existence. Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra,
Rainer Gersonde, Linda K Medlin, and David G. Mann.
12. Origin and evolution of coccolithophores: from coastal hunters to oceanic farmers.
Colomban de Vargas, Ian Probert, Marie-Pierre Aubry, and Jeremy Young.
13. The origin and early evolution of green plants. Charley
O'Kelly, Bigelow Laboratory.
14. Armor: why, when and how. Christian Hamm and Victor Smetacek.
15. Does phytoplankton cell size
matter? The evolution of modern marine food webs. Zoe V. Finkel.
16. Resource competition and the ecological success of phytoplankton.
Elena Litchman.
17. Biological and geochemical forcings to Phanerozoic change in seawater, atmosphere, and carbonate precipitate composition.
Michael Guidry, Rolf S. Arvidson, and.Fred T. MacKenzie.
18. Geochemical and biological consequences of phytoplankton evolution.
Miriam E. Katz, Katja Fennel and Paul G. Falkowski.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 456 pages, publication date: AUG-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-370518-1
ISBN-10: 0-12-370518-5
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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