Biology of the Red Algae [Paperback]

This 1990 book presents an authoratitive review on the state of knowledge on the biology of the red algae.This 1990 book presents an authoritative review on the state of knowledge on the biology of the red algae. Written by a group of 26 internationally renowned experts, the eighteen chapters range from molecular and cellular to biochemical, physiological, organismal, and ecological aspects of this important group of algae.This 1990 book presents an authoritative review on the state of knowledge on the biology of the red algae. Written by a group of 26 internationally renowned experts, the eighteen chapters range from molecular and cellular to biochemical, physiological, organismal, and ecological aspects of this important group of algae.In the past fifteen years, research on the red algae has greatly advanced and diversified; new technologies have extended the range of questions being studied and have yielded findings that would have been previously unobtainable. The first comprehensive monograph concerning the rhodophyta in over fifteen years, this volume presents an authoritative review on the current state of knowledge on the biology of the red algae. The eighteen chapters range from molecular and cellular to biochemical, physiological, organismal and ecological aspects of this important group of algae. This is a much needed reference text for students, researchers and teachers concerned with aquatic biology, phycology, limnology, oceanography and plant evolution.List of contributors; Preface; 1. An introduction Wm. J. Woelkerling; 2. Cell structure Curt M. Pueschel; 3. DNA: Microspectrofluorometric studies Lynda J. Goff and Annette W. Coleman; 4. Chromosomes Kathleen M. Cole; 5. Genetics John P. van der Meer; 6. Cell division Joe Scott and Sharon Broadwater; 7. Solute accumulation and osmotic adjustment Robert H. Reed; 8. Carbon metabolism John A. Raven, Andrew M. Johnston and Jeffrey J. MacFarlane; 9. Pigmentation and photoacclimation Elisabeth Gantt; 10. CellÓ6