Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems - Softcover

Kirk, John T. O.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521459664 ISBN 13: 9780521459662

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Presenting an integrated treatment of the key role of light in aquatic ecosystems, this study ranges from the physics of light transmission within water, through the biochemistry and physiology of aquatic photosynthesis, to dependent underwater ecological relationships.

About the Author:

John Kirk began his research into ocean optics in the early 1970s in the Division of Plant Industry of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Canberra, Australia, where he was a Chief Research Scientist, and continued it from 1997 in Kirk Marine Optics. He was awarded the Australian Society for Limnology Medal (1981), and besides the two successful previous editions of this book, has also co-authored The Plastids: Their Chemistry, Structure, Growth and Inheritance (Elsevier, 1978), which became the standard text in its field. Beyond his own scientific research interests, he has always been interested in the broader implications of science for human existence, and has published a book on this and other issues, Science and Certainty (CSIRO Publishing, 2007).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521459664
• ISBN 13: 9780521459662
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 528