Chrysophyte Algae: Ecology, Phylogeny and Development

by Craig D. Sandgren, J. P. Smol, J. Kristiansen

Overview

Chrysophytes are beautiful and delicate organisms living mostly in freshwater. They are pivotal for studies of protistan evolution, studies of food web dynamics in oligotrophic freshwater ecosystems, and for assessment of environmental degradation resulting from eutrophication and acid rain. They also represent excellent model cellular systems for studying processes inherent in basic metabolism, biomineralization, endo- and exocytosis and macro-assembly of cell surface layers. This book gives a broad overview of chrysophytes and contains chapters by leading experts organized under the themes of phylogeny, systematics and evolution; development, physiology, and nutrition; and ecology, paleoecology, and reproduction. The book contains major contributions towards a reorganization of chrysophyte systematics, plus comprehensive reviews of chrysophyte basic metabolism, biomineralization and siliceous scale deposition, ecology, paleoecology, and a history of chrysophyte research. Contributors present reviews of the literature in their particular area and also present ideas for future research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521102414
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/12/2009
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. History of chrysophyte research; Part I. Phylogeny, Systematics and Evolution: 2. Evolution of plastid genomes; 3. A modern concept of chrysophycean systematics; 4. Current status of chrysophyte 'splinter groups': synurophytes, pedinellids, silicoflagellates; Part II. Development, Physiology and Nutrition: 5. Comparative aspects of chrysophyte nutrition with emphasis on carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen metabolism; 6. Mixotrophy in chrysophytes; 7. Biomineralization and scale production in the Chrysophyta; 8. Immunological and ultrastructural studies of scale development and deployment in Apedinella and Mallomonas; Part III. Ecology, Paleocology and Reproduction: 9. Chrysophyte blooms in the plankton and neuston of marine and freshwater systems; 10. Biogeography of chrysophytes in Finnish lakes; 11. The distribution of chrysophytes along environmental gradients; 12. The influence of zooplankton herbivory on the biogeography of chrysophyte algae; 13. Application of chrysophytes to problems in paleolimnology; Part IV. Contributed Original Papers: 14. Mallomonas variabilis sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae) with stomatocysts found in Lake Kinnevesi, Finland; 15. Scale morphology and growth characteristics of clones of Synura petersenii (Synurophyceae) at different temperatures; 16. Status of the Chrysamoebales (Chrysophyceae): observations on Chrysamoeba pyrenoidifera, Rhizochromulina marina and Lagynion delicatulum; 17. The genus Paraphysomonas from Indian rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks.