Photosynthesis and Production in a Changing Environment
A Field and Laboratory Manual
Published in January 1993
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-412-54990-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text is an updated version of a previously published title "Techniques in Bioproductivity and Photosynthesis", 2nd edition (Coombs et al), and, like its predecessor, has derived from UNEP-sponsored training courses which are internationally known and respected. It provides coverage of many measurement techniques of photosynthesis and relates them to the subject of global climate change, which is becoming of increasing concern. The editors have brought together a team of plant scientists, each of whom provides up-to-date information on a single important parameter of plant growth, the techniques employed in its measurement and a detailed review of the techniques themselves.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
140 illustrations, references, index
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-54990-8 (9780412549908)
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Content
Photosynthesis and the changing environment. Measurement of plant biomass and net primary production. remote sensing of biomass and productivity. Plant growth analysis. Plant Microclimate. Controlled-environment studies. Canopy structure and light interception. Functional leaf anatomy. Water relations. Measurement of CO2 assimilation by plants in the field and the laboratory. Polarographic measurement of oxygen. Carbon isotope discrimination. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool in photosynthesis research. Modelling - leaf to canopy. Models of canopy carbon and water balance: tools for data synthesis. Carbon partitioning. Carbon metabolism. Chloroplasts and protoplasts. Thylakoid components and processes. Nitrogen fixation and nitrate reduction. Ammonia assimilation, photorespiration and amino acid biosynthesis. Micro-algae: laboratory growth techniques and biotechnology of biomass production.