Light & photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems

"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 compositio...

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Main Author: Kirk, John T. O. [ (John Thomas Osmond)] , 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2010
Edition:3rd ed
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260 |a Cambridge :   |b Cambridge University Press ,   |c c2010 
300 |a xii, 649 p. :   |b ill. (some col.), maps ;   |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-625) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Concepts of hydrologic optics -- 2. Incident solar radiation -- 3. Absorption of light within the aquatic medium -- 4. Scattering of light within the aquatic medium -- 5. Characterizing the underwater light field -- 6. The nature of the underwater light field -- 7. Remote sensing of the aquatic environment -- 8. The photosynthetic apparatus of aquatic plants -- 9. Light capture by aquatic plants -- 10. Photosynthesis as a function of the incident light -- 11. Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment -- 12. Ecological strategies 
520 |a "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" 
650 0 |a Aquatic plants   |x Ecophysiology 
650 0 |a Photosynthesis 
650 0 |a Plants   |x Effect of underwater light on 
650 0 |a Underwater light 
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