Evolution of primary producers in the sea

Falkowski, Paul G. (Added Author). Knoll, Andrew H. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780123705181
ISBN: 0123705185
Physical Description: print
xiii, 441 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. 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 cofactors in the early stages of the evolution of life / David Mauzerall -- 3. 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. 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 planktonic and benthic recovery and radiation / Jonathan L. Payne and Bas van de Schootbrugge -- 10. origin and evolution of dinoflagellates / Charles F. Delwiche -- 11. 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, Marie-Pierre Aubry, Ian Probert and Jeremy Young -- 13. origin and early evolution of green plants / Charles J. O'Kelly -- 14. Armor : why, when, and how / Christian Hamm and Victor Smetacek -- 15. Does phytoplankton cell size matter? : the evolution of modern marine food webs / Z. 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 W. 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.