Retaining the highly successful approach of the first edition, this is a synthesis of the role of seaweeds in underpinning the functioning of coastal ecosystems worldwide. It has been fully updated to cover the major developments of the past twenty years and remains a key resource for students and researchers.
Retaining the highly successful approach of the first edition, this is a synthesis of the role of seaweeds in underpinning the functioning of coastal ecosystems worldwide. It has been fully updated to cover the major developments of the past twenty years and remains a key resource for students and researchers.
Catriona L. Hurd is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia. She is known for her work on water motion, photosynthetic and nutrient physiology along environmental gradients in the intertidal and subtidal and, most recently, on ocean acidification.
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Preface 1. Seaweed thalli and cells 2. Life histories, reproduction and morphogenesis 3. Seaweed communities 4. Biotic interactions 5. Light and photosynthesis 6. Nutrients 7. Physico-chemical factors as environmental stressors in seaweed biology 8. Water motion 9. Pollution 10. Seaweed mariculture References Index.