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Main Title Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems /
Author Kirk, John T. O.
Publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year Published 2011
OCLC Number 650821926
ISBN 9780521151757 (pbk.); 0521151759 (pbk.); 9780521151757 (hbk.); 0521151759 (hbk.)
Subjects Photosynthesis ; Plants--Effect of underwater light on ; Aquatic plants--Ecophysiology ; Underwater light ; Light ; Photosynthesis ; Hydrobiology
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EHBM  QK882.K53 2011 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 04/02/2012
EKCM  QK882.K53 2011 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 06/20/2011
Edition 3rd ed.
Collation xii, 649 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-625) and indexes.
Contents Notes "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"-- Preface to the third edition -- Part I. The Underwater Light Field -- Concepts of hydrologic optics -- Incident solar radiation -- Absorption of light within the aquatic medium -- Scattering of light within the aquatic medium -- Characterizing the underwater light field -- The nature of the underwater light field -- Remote sensing of the aquatic environment -- Part II. Photosynthesis in the Aquatic Environment -- The photosynthetic apparatus of aquatic plants -- Light capture by aquatic plants -- Photosynthesis as a function of the incident light -- Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment -- Ecological strategies.
Place Published Cambridge, UK ; New York
PUB Date Free Form c2011
BIB Level m
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
LCCN 2010028677
Merged OCLC records 698593498
OCLC Time Stamp 20120329083413
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type CAT
OCLC Rec Leader 03410cam 22005534a 45020