Table of Contents

Physiological and photomorphogenic effects of light on marine macrophytes.- Morpho-functionality of carbon metabolism in seaweeds.- Seaweed responses to temperature.-Environment and algal nutrition.- Seaweed acclimation to salinity and desiccation stress.- Seaweed responses to environmental stress: reactive oxygen and antioxidative strategies.- Competition, a major factor structuring seaweed communities.- Grazers on benthic seaweeds.- Chemical ecology of seaweeds.- Prokaryotic microbial communities on macroalgae.- Intimate associations between epiphytes, endophytes and parasites of seaweeds.- Invasive marine seaweeds: Pest or prize?- Seaweeds and their communities in polar regions.- Cold temperate seaweed communities of the southern Hemisphere.- Warm temperate seaweed communities: A case study of deep water kelp forests from the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean Sea) and the Strait of Gibraltar.- Macroalgae in tropical marine coastal systems.- Floating seaweeds and their communities.- Global seaweed biogeography under a changing climate: the prospected effects of temperature.- Seaweed responses to Ocean Acidification.- Impacts of ozone depletion and solar UV-B radiation on seaweeds.- Bottom-up versus top-down control of macroalgal blooms.- Seaweed and man.

Reviews

From the reviews:Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2013“This useful volume … is a treasure trove of current information focusing on the ecological role of marine macroalgae. … readers will be happy to find a current look at the effects of global climate change on seaweed ecology, the increasing presence of ‘blooming’ macroalgae in many places globally, and current practices in seaweed aquaculture. … This superb volume is valuable for macroalgae scientists and all undergraduate and graduate institutions with marine programs. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (C. W. Schneider, Choice, Vol. 50 (5), January, 2013)“The book is science oriented and a very good source book for students who look for an overview in seaweed biology. The chapters are written in a concise manner … . this is a valuable book which shows an extended view on recent seaweed biology. For those who are interested in basic science this book is the primary choice.” (Christian Wilhelm, Sektion Phykologie der DBG, December, 2012)