Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment -- Contents -- Photosynthesis in theMarine Environment -- About the authors -- Contributing authors -- Preface -- About the companion website -- Part I Plants and the Oceans -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The evolution of photosynthetic organisms in the oceans -- Chapter 2 The different groups of marine plants -- 2.1 Cyanobacteria -- 2.2 Eukaryotic microalgae -- 2.3 Photosymbionts -- 2.4 Macroalgae -- 2.4.1 The green algae -- 2.4.2 The brown algae -- 2.4.3 The red algae -- 2.5 Seagrasses -- Chapter 3 Seawater as a medium for photosynthesis and plant growth -- 3.1 Light -- 3.2 Inorganic carbon -- 3.2.1 pH -- 3.3 Other abiotic factors -- 3.3.1 Salinity -- 3.3.2 Nutrients -- 3.3.3 Temperature -- 3.3.4 Water velocities -- Summary notes of Part I -- Part II Mechanisms of Photosynthesis, and Carbon Acquisition in Marine Plants -- Introduction to Part II -- Chapter 4 Harvesting of light in marine plants: The photosynthetic pigments -- 4.1 Chlorophylls -- 4.2 Carotenoids -- 4.3 Phycobilins -- Chapter 5 Light reactions -- 5.1 Photochemistry: excitation, de-excitation, energy transfer and primary electron transfer -- 5.2 Electron transport -- 5.3 ATP formation -- 5.4 Alternative pathways of electron flow -- Chapter 6 Photosynthetic CO2-fixation and -reduction -- 6.1 The Calvin Cycle -- 6.2 CO2-concentrating mechanisms -- Chapter 7 Acquisition of carbon in marine plants -- 7.1 Cyanobacteria and microalgae -- 7.1.1 Cyanobacteria -- 7.1.2 Eukaryotic microalgae -- 7.2 Photosymbionts -- 7.3 Macroalgae -- 7.3.1 Use of HCO3 -- 7.3.2 Mechanisms of HCO3- use -- 7.3.3 Rubisco and macroalgal photosynthesis: The need for a CO2 concentrating mechanism -- 7.4 Seagrasses -- 7.4.1 Use of HCO3- -- 7.4.2 Mechanisms of HCO3-use -- 7.5 Calcification and photosynthesis -- Summary notes of Part II.

Part III Quantitative Measurements, and Ecological Aspects, of Marine Photosynthesis -- Introduction to Part III -- Chapter 8 Quantitative measurements -- 8.1 Gas exchange -- 8.2 How to measure gas exchange -- 8.3 Pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry -- 8.3.1 Quantum yields -- 8.3.2 Fv∕Fm -- 8.3.3 Electron transport rates -- 8.4 How to measure PAM fluorescence -- 8.4.1 Macrophytes -- 8.4.2 Microalgae -- 8.5 What method to use: Strengths and limitations -- 8.5.1 Rapid light curves -- 8.5.2 Fv∕Fm -- 8.5.3 Alpha, "uses and misuses" -- 8.5.4 Using whole plants -- Chapter 9 Photosynthetic responses, acclimations and adaptations to light -- 9.1 Responses of high and low-light plants to irradiance -- 9.2 Light responses of cyanobacteria and microalgae -- 9.3 Light effects on photosymbionts -- 9.4 Adaptations of Carbon acquisition mechanisms to light -- 9.5 Acclimations of seagrasses to high and low irradiances -- Chapter 10 Photosynthetic acclimations and adaptations to stress in the intertidal -- 10.1 Adaptations of macrophytes to desiccation -- 10.1.1 The ever-tolerant Ulva -- 10.1.2 The intertidal Fucus -- 10.1.3 The extremely tolerant Porphyra -- 10.1.4 Acclimations of seagrasses to desiccation (or not) -- 10.2 Other stresses in the intertidal -- Chapter 11 How some marine plants modify the environment for other organisms -- 11.1 Epiphytes and other 'thieves' -- 11.2 Ulva can generate its own empires -- 11.3 Seagrasses can alter environments for macroalgae and vice versa -- 11.4 Cyanobacteria and eukaryotic microalgae -- Chapter 12 Future perspectives on marine photosynthesis -- 12.1 'Harvesting' marine plant photosynthesis -- 12.2 Predictions for the future -- 12.3 Scaling of photosynthesis towards community and ecosystem production -- Summary notes of Part III -- References -- Index.