Table of Contents

Part I. Morphology, Life Histories and Morphogenesis: 1. Introduction: the plants and their environments; 2. Seaweed morphology and anatomy; 3. Seaweed cells; 4. Seaweed genetics and molecular biology; 5. Seaweed life histories; 6. Settlement and germination; 7. Thallus morphogenesis; 8. Synopsis; Part II. Seaweed Communities: 1. Seaweed communities T. A. Norton et al.; 2. Intertidal zonation patterns; 3. Submerged zonation patterns; 4. Some other seaweed habitats and communities P. H. Nienhuis et al.; 5. Community analysis; 6. Synopsis; Part III. Biotic Interactions: 1. Competition; 2. Grazing; 3. Symbiosis; 4. Synopsis; Part IV. Light and Photosynthesis: 1. An overview of photosynthesis; 2. Irradiance; 3. Light harvesting; 4. Carbon fixation: the 'dark reactions' of photosynthesis; 5. Seaweed polysaccharides; 6. Carbon translocation; 7. Photosynthetic rates and primary productivity; 8. Synopsis; Part V. Nutrients: 1 Nutrient requirements; 2. Nutrient availability in seawater; 3. Pathways and barriers to ion entry; 4. Nutrient uptake kinetics; 5. Uptake, assimilation and metabolic role of essential nutrients; 6. Long distance transport translocation; 7. Growth kinetics; 8. Effects of nutrient supply; 9. Synopsis; Part VI. Temperature and Salinity: 1. Natural ranges of temperature and salinity; 2. Temperature effects; 3. Biochemical and physiological effects of salinity; 4. Dessication; 5. Salinity-temperature interactions and estuarine distribution; 6. Synopsis; Part VII. Water Motion: 1. Water flow over surfaces; 2. Wave action; 3. Synopsis; Part VIII. Pollution: 1. Introduction; 2. Thermal pollution; 3. Heavy metals; 4. Oil; 5. Synthetic organic chemicals; 6. Complex wastes and eutrophication; 7. Synopsis; Part IX. Seaweed Mariculture: 1. Introduction; 2. Porphyra mariculture; 3. Lamineria mariculture; 4. Undaria mariculture; 5. Eucheuma and Kappaphycus mariculture; 6. Other seaweeds; 7. Domestication of seaweeds - application of ecology and physiology; 8. Seaweed biotechnology; 9. Synopsis; Appendix: Taxonomic classification of algae mentioned in the text P. C. Silva and R. L. Moe; Index.

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