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Tables of Contents for Marine Botany
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
1. Marine Plants and Their Habitats
1
15
Marine Plants and Their Classification
1
4
Kingdom Monera
2
1
Kingdom Protista
3
1
Kingdom Plantae
4
1
Botanical Nomenclature
5
2
Ulva lactuca Classification
5
1
Species Descriptions
5
2
Type Specimen
7
1
Marine Plant Environments
7
9
Exposed Coasts
7
5
Estuaries
12
2
Oceans
14
2
2. Abiotic Factors
16
29
Geological Factors
16
10
The Oceans
16
1
Location
17
1
Geological History and Plate Tectonics
18
3
Classification of Coasts
21
1
Estuaries
22
4
Physical Factors: Light
26
3
Penetration and Absorbance
26
2
Measurement of Light
28
1
Physical Factors: Temperature
29
1
Physical Factors: Water Movement
29
6
Boundary Layer
29
1
Waves
30
1
Tides
30
2
Currents
32
3
Chemical Factors
35
10
Seawater
35
1
Salinity
36
1
Oxygen in Seawater
37
3
Carbon Dioxide in Seawater
40
1
Ionic Concentrations in Seawater
40
1
Nutrients
40
5
3. Biotic Factors
45
17
Marine Ecology
45
6
Ecological Units
45
4
Food Webs and Chains
49
1
Biomass and Productivity
49
2
Ecological Strategies
51
5
Succession
51
2
Succession in Marine Communities
53
1
Modeling Marine Plant Strategies
54
2
Biological Interactions
56
6
Symbiosis
57
1
Competition
58
1
Predation
59
2
Biofouling
61
1
4. Physiological Ecology
62
30
Irradiance and Photosynthesis
62
14
Light and Marine Plants
63
1
Pigments and Light-Harvesting Antennas
64
4
Responses to Light Quality and Quantity
68
2
Sun and Shade Plants
70
2
Light as a Signal
72
1
Carbon Fixation
73
3
Temperature
76
6
Temperature and Marine Plants
76
1
Metabolic Processes
76
2
Heat and Cold Tolerance
78
1
Growth and Reproduction
78
2
Ice and Marine Plants
80
1
Biogeography
80
2
Salinity
82
3
Osmoacclimation
83
1
Photosynthesis and Growth
84
1
Water Movement
85
4
The Boundary Layer
86
1
Waves
86
1
Tides
87
1
Desiccation
87
2
Nutrients
89
3
Uptake and Kinetics
89
2
Controlling Factors
91
1
5. Human Affairs and Marine Plants
92
21
Direct Damage: Physical
92
3
Direct Damage: Pollution
95
6
Thermal Pollution
95
1
Oil Spills
95
2
Domestic Wastes
97
2
Synthetic Hydrocarbons
99
1
Heavy and Radioactive Metals
100
1
Debris
101
1
Biological Damage
101
4
Harvesting and Aquaculture
103
1
Exotic Species and Biological Pollution
103
2
Indirect Damage
105
4
Global Warming and Sea Levels
106
1
Ozone and UV-B
107
2
Management and Restoration
109
4
Management
109
1
Legal Support
110
1
Restoration, Mitigation, and Creation
110
3
6. Macroalgae
113
55
Introduction to the Seaweeds
113
1
Division Chlorophyta
114
16
Cytology
114
4
Life Histories
118
3
Taxonomy
121
9
Division Phaeophyta
130
14
Cytology
131
2
Life Histories
133
1
Taxonomy
134
10
Division Rhodophyta
144
24
Cytology
145
3
Life Histories
148
2
Taxonomy
150
18
7. Macroalgae and Their Communities
168
40
Division Cyanophyta
168
3
Cytology
169
1
Cell Wall and Reserve Food
169
1
Motility and Reproduction
170
1
Taxonomy
171
1
Division Prochlorophyta
171
1
Division Euglenophyta
172
3
Cytology
173
1
Cell Wall and Reserve Food
173
1
Motility and Reproduction
173
1
Taxonomy
174
1
Division Pyrrhophyta
175
4
Cytology
176
1
Cell Wall and Reserve Food
177
1
Motility and Reproduction
177
1
Taxonomy
178
1
Division Cryptophyta
179
2
Division Chrysophyta
181
10
Class Chrysophyceae
181
2
Class Prymnesiophyceae
183
2
Class Xanthophyceae
185
2
Class Raphidophyceae
187
1
Class Eustigmatophyceae
187
1
Class Bacillariophyceae
187
4
Phytoplankton Communities
191
12
Classification and Diversity
192
1
Responses to Submarine Light
192
1
Nutrients
193
3
Bouyancy
196
1
Productivity and Biomass
196
2
Grazing and Succession
198
2
Patchiness, Blooms, and Toxic Tides
200
2
Sampling and Measurement
202
1
Attached Microalgae
203
5
Epiphytic Communities
203
1
Benthic Microalgal Communities
204
4
8. Macroalgal Communities
208
28
Rocky Coasts
208
3
Abiotic Factors of Rocky Coasts
209
1
Biotic Factors on Rocky Coasts
210
1
Intertidal Communities
211
7
Tides
212
1
Exposures
213
2
Type of Surface
215
1
Biological Interactions
216
2
Examples of Intertidal Zonation
218
5
The Exposed Shore of Otter Cliffs
218
2
A Protected Temperate Shore
220
1
An Exposed Subtropical Shore
221
2
Subtidal Communities
223
6
Abiotic Factors
224
1
Biotic Influences
225
1
Structure in Subtidal Communities
226
1
Tide Pools
227
2
Other Macroalgal Communities
229
7
Psammophytes
229
2
Epiphytes
231
1
Drift Seaweeds and Blooms
232
4
9. Salt Marshes
236
31
Introduction
236
1
Adaptations of Salt Marsh Flowering Plants
236
11
Taxonomy
238
4
Geographic Distribution
242
2
Morphological Adaptations
244
1
Anatomical Adaptations
244
3
Ecophysiology of Salt Marsh Plants
247
4
Salinity and Plants
248
1
Salt Regulation
248
2
Photosynthesis
250
1
Tidal Effects
250
1
Costs
251
1
Other Salt Marsh Plants
251
3
Ferns and Fern Allies
252
1
Bryophytes
252
1
Algae
252
2
Ecology of Salt Marshes
254
10
Edaphic Features
254
2
Zonation
256
3
Salt Marsh Dynamics
259
1
Ecological Roles
260
3
Field Methods
263
1
Anthopogenic Considerations
264
3
Uses and Impacts
264
1
Management and Restoration
265
2
10. Mangals
267
36
Introduction
267
2
Adaptations of Mangroves
269
13
Taxonomy
270
5
Evolution and Biogeographic Distribution
275
1
Morphological Adaptations
276
1
Anatomical Adaptations
277
3
Reproductive Biology
280
2
Ecophysiology of Mangroves
282
6
Sediment Ecology
282
2
Water Relations and Osmoregulation
284
3
Photosynthesis
287
1
Costs
287
1
Other Plants of Mangals
288
3
Other Vascular Plants
288
1
Microalgae
289
1
Macroalgae
290
1
Ecology of Mangals
291
9
Zonation
292
1
Succession and Land Building
293
2
Forestry and Standing Stock
295
1
Ecological Roles
296
3
Modeling
299
1
Methods
300
1
Management of Mangals
300
3
Human Impacts
300
1
Uses of Mangroves
301
1
Management and Restoration
302
1
11. Seagrass Communities
303
35
General Characteristics
303
14
Taxonomy
303
6
Evolution and Biogeographic Distribution
309
1
Morphological Adaptations
310
1
Anatomical Adaptations
311
4
Reproductive Biology
315
2
Physiological Ecology
317
7
Clonal Habit
317
1
Organic Composition
318
2
Photosynthesis
320
2
Internal Gas Transport
322
1
Salinity and Water Relations
323
1
Ecology and Ecological Roles
324
11
Sediment Ecology
325
1
Seagrass Dynamics
326
3
Biomass and Productivity
329
2
Nursery and Habitat
331
3
Secondary Production
334
1
Methods
335
1
Seagrasses and Human Affairs
335
3
Uses and Transplantation
335
1
Anthropogenic Effects
336
1
Management
337
1
12. Marine Plants of Coral Reefs
338
30
Physical and Biogeochemical Aspects
339
8
Distribution and Types
340
2
Development and Evolution
342
3
Formation and Erosion
345
1
Nutrient Cycles
346
1
Symbiotic Algae and Coral Reefs
347
4
Irradiance and Photosynthesis
348
1
Calcification
349
2
Coral Reef Algae
351
3
Microalgae
351
1
Macroalgae
352
2
Ecology of Reef Macroalgae
354
7
Abiotic Factors
354
1
Biotic Factors
354
2
Macroalgal Zonation
356
5
Stresses, Management, and Reef Restoration
361
7
Natural Stresses
363
2
Anthropogenic Stresses
365
1
Management and Restoration
366
2
Appendix A. Selected Methods for Study of Marine Plants
368
21
Field Methods
368
4
Collection
368
1
Transect Sampling
368
1
Quadrats
369
3
Phytosurvey
372
1
Geological Methods
372
3
Location
372
1
Elevation
373
2
Particle Size
375
1
Seawater Analysis
375
5
Salinity
376
1
Dissolved Oxygen
377
1
Conversions
378
2
Physiological Methods
380
3
Dry Weight
380
1
Pigment Extraction
380
1
Measuring Phycoblins
381
1
Measuring Chlorophylls
381
1
Use of Light and Dark BOD Bottles
382
1
Proximate Constituents
383
4
Ash
383
1
Protein
383
1
Soluble Carbohydrate
384
1
Lipid
385
1
Cellulose and Lignin
386
1
Caloric Levels
387
1
Growth
387
2
Growth Kinetics and Rates
387
1
Measurement of Growth
388
1
Appendix B. Uses of Algae
389
13
Uses of Seaweeds
389
1
Sea Vegetables
390
4
Phycocolloids
394
5
Fodder, Fertilizer, and Fuel
399
3
References
402
53
Subject Index
455
18
Taxonomic Index
473