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Algal Photosynthesis (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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Algal Photosynthesis (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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The algae are a diverse group of organisms with forms that range in
size from less than a micron in diameter to over ten meters in
length. Small " 1 JLm diam) unicellular forms dominate the open
waters of the oceans and large lakes. Large multicellular forms
often form a large component of the autotrophic biomass of shallow
waters at the periphery of lakes and oceans but have also been
found on seamounts in clear open ocean waters at depths up to
several hundred meters (Littler and Littler, 1985). Phytoplankton
in the sea probably account for more than 50% of global
photosynthesis, although there is considerable uncertainty about
this estimate. In addition, many symbiotic associations between
unicellu- lar algae and heterotrophic or autotrophic organisms have
been identi- fied, and algae can be found in a diverse range of
terrestrial environ- ments, ranging from polar to desert regions.
The most important common biochemical attribute that unites the
algae is their ability to split water, producing molecular oxygen
during photosynthesis and concomi- tantly assimilating carbon
dioxide. This attribute is shared with the terres- trial plants,
cyanobacteria and chloroxybacteria. Although vascular plants are
excluded from this review, we employ a broad definition of algae
that includes the photosynthetic, oxygenic procaryotes.
Measurements of gas exchange are fundamental to most biochemical,
physiological and ecological investigations of the algae.
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