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Main Title Photosynthesis /
Author Hall, D. O.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Rao, K. K.
Publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year Published 1999
OCLC Number 40218791
ISBN 0521642574; 9780521642576; 0521644976; 9780521644976
Subjects Photosynthesis ; Fotosynthese ; Photosynthese--(DE-588)4045936-6 ; Photosynthèse
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EKCM  QK882.H19 1999 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 08/11/2000
Edition 6th ed.
Collation xiv, 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Published in association with the Institute of Biology." Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index.
Contents Notes
A clear, concise and vivid account of the process of photosynthesis is presented in this enlarged and fully revised 6th ed. The details of photosynthetic processes at the macro and molecular level are discussed. Importance and role of photosynthesis. Ultimate energy resource. Carbon dioxide cycle. Efficiency and turnover. Spectra. Quantum theory. Energy units. Measurements of photosynthetic irradiance. Some techniques used in photosynthesis research. History and progress of ideas. Photosynthetic apparatus. Isolation of chloroplasts from leaves. Chloroplast pigments. The photosynthetic unit. Light absorption and the two photosystems. Photosynthetic electron transport and phosphorylation. Carbon dioxide fixation. Bacterial photosynthesis. Research in photosynthesis. Laboratory experiments.