The plastids, their chemistry, structure, growth, and inheritance

Kirk, John T.O.

sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier/North-Holland

Beginning systematically with the fundamentals, the fully-updated third edition of this popular graduate textbook provides an understanding of all the essential elements of marine optics. It explains the key role of light as a major factor in determining the operation and biological composition of aquatic ecosystems, and its scope ranges from the physics of light transmission within water, through the biochemistry and physiology of aquatic photosynthesis, to the ecological relationships that depend on the underwater light climate. This book also provides a valuable introduction to the remote sensing of the ocean from space, which is now recognized to be of great environmental significance due to its direct relevance to global warming. An important resource for graduate courses on marine optics, aquatic photosynthesis, or ocean remote sensing; and for aquatic scientists, both oceanographers and limnologists.

Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Cambridge University Press

New edition of well-received monograph on light and photosynthesis in aquatic systems.

Penetration of light into aquatic ecosystems is greatly affected by the absorption and scattering processes that take place within the water. Thus within any water body, the intensity and color of the light field changes greatly with depth and this has a marked influence on both the total productivity of, and the kinds of plant that predominate in, the ecosystem. This study presents an integrated and coherent treatment of the key role of light in aquatic ecosystems. It ranges from the physics of light transmission within water, through the biochemistry and physiology of aquatic photosynthesis, to the ecological relationships that depend on the underwater light climate.

How did the cosmos, and our own special part of it, come to be? How did life emerge and how did we arise within it? What can be said about the physical basis of consciousness? What can science tell or not tell us about the nature and origin of physical and biological reality? Science and Certainty clears away the many misunderstandings surrounding these questions. The book addresses why certain areas of science cause concern to many people today―in particular, those which seem to have implications for the meaning of human existence, and for our significance on this planet and in the universe as a whole. It also examines the tension that can exist between scientific and religious belief systems. Science and Certainty offers an account of what science does, in fact, ask us to believe about the most fundamental aspects of reality and, therefore, the implications of accepting the scientific worldview. The author also includes a historical and philosophical background to a number of environmental issues and argues that it is only through science that we can hope to solve these problems. This book will appeal to popular science readers, those with an interest in the environment and the implications of science for the meaning of human existence, as well as students of environmental studies, philosophy, ethics and theology.

Science and Certainty

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CSIRO Publishing

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The plastids, their chemistry, structure, growth, and inheritance

Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

Science and Certainty