Phytoplankton Pigments

Characterization, Chemotaxonomy and Applications in Oceanography
Herausgeber: Egeland, Einar Skarstad; Roy, Suzanne; Llewellyn, Carole

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Produktbeschreibung

Describes recent advances in the study and use of phytoplankton pigments for students, researchers and professionals in aquatic science, biogeochemistry and remote sensing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 890
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 1685g
• ISBN-13: 9781107000667
• ISBN-10: 1107000661
• Artikelnr.: 32552705

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of symbols; Part I.
Chlorophylls and Carotenoids: 1. Microalgal classes and their signature
pigments S. W. Jeffrey, S. W. Wright and M. Zapata; 2. Recent advances in
chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis R. J. Porra, U. Oster and
H. Scheer; 3. Carotenoid metabolism in phytoplankton M. Lohr; Part II.
Methodology Guidance: 4. New HPLC separation techniques J. L. Garrido, R.
L. Airs, F. Rodríguez, L. Van Heukelem and M. Zapata; 5. The importance of
a quality assurance plan for method validation and minimizing uncertainties
in the HPLC analysis of phytoplankton pigments L. Van Heukelem and S. B.
Hooker; Appendix: a symbology and vocabulary for an HPLC lexicon S. B.
Hooker and L. Van Heukelem; 6. Quantitative interpretation of
chemotaxonomic pigment data H. W. Higgins, S. W. Wright and L. Schlüter; 7.
Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for pigment analysis R. L. Airs and
J. L. Garrido; 8. Multivariate analysis of extracted pigments using
spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric methods J. Neveux, J. Seppälä
and Y. Dandonneau; Appendix: a proven simultaneous equation assay for
chlorophylls a and b using aqueous acetone and similar assays for
recalcitrant algae R. J. Porra; Part III. Water-Soluble 'Pigments': 9.
Phycobiliproteins K.-H. Zhao, R. J. Porra and H. Scheer; 10. UV-absorbing
'pigments': mycosporine-like amino acids J. I. Carreto, S. Roy, K.
Whitehead, C. Llewellyn and M. O. Carignan; Part IV. Selected Pigment
Applications in Oceanography: 11. Pigments and photoacclimation processes
C. Brunet, G. Johnsen, J. Lavaud and S. Roy; 12. Pigment-based measurements
of phytoplankton rates A. Guttierez-Rodriguez and M. Latasa; 13. In vivo
bio-optical properties of phytoplankton pigments G. Johnsen, A. Bricaud, N.
Nelson, B. B. Prézelin and R. R. Bidigare; 14. Optical monitoring of
phytoplankton bloom pigment signatures G. Johnsen, M. A. Moline, L. H.
Pettersson, J. L. Pinckney, D. V. Pozdnyakov, E. S. Egeland and O. M.
Schofield; Appendix: harmful algae toxins and pigments E. S. Egeland; Part
V. Future Perspectives: 15. Perspectives on future directions C. Llewellyn,
S. Roy, G. Johnsen, E. S. Egeland, M. Chauton, G. Hallegraeff, M. Lohr, U.
Oster, R. J. Porra, H. Scheer and K.-H. Zhao; Part VI. Aids for Practical
Laboratory Work: Appendix A. Update on filtration, storage and extraction
solvents J. L. Pinckney, D. F. Millie and L. Van Heukelem; Appendix B. The
pigment analyst's guide to HPLC hardware A. R. Neeley, C. S. Thomas, S. B.
Hooker and L. Van Heukelem; Appendix C. Minimum identification criteria for
identifying phytoplankton pigments E. S. Egeland; Appendix D. Phytoplankton
cultures for standard pigments and their suppliers S. Roy, S. W. Wright and
S. W. Jeffrey; Appendix E. Commercial suppliers of phytoplankton pigments
E. S. Egeland and L. Schlüter; Part VII. Phytoplankton Pigments Data Sheets
E. S. Egeland; Index.