Seaweeds and their Role in Globally Changing Environments

✍ Scribed by Michal Lichter, Dov Zviely, Micha Klein, Dorit Sivan (auth.), Joseph Seckbach, Rachel Einav, Alvaro Israel (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 465
• Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology 15
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Global warming is accelerating faster than the ability for natural repair, and environmental stresses are damaging ecosystems, all affecting physical and biological systems on Earth. A new Nasa-led study shows that human activity has caused climate changes resulting in permafrost thawing, acid rain, and lower productivity in lakes as well as increased emissions of greenhouse gases, including CO₂, N₂0, CH₄, CF_3, and CFC. Marine plants play a vital role in maintaining the balance of marine environments, while serving as a source of food for humankind and important chemical compounds. Microalgae and seaweed have enormous potential for reducing global warming and climate change. During photosynthesis algae grow, draw CO₂ from the atmosphere, release oxygen, and produce solar biofuel. Experts in the life of marine plant ecosystems in globally changing environments contributed chapters to this book. The target readers are phycologists, ecologists, atmospheric scholars, conservationists, environmentalists, and ecologically aware laymen.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sea-Level Changes in the Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future – A Review....Pages 3-17
Global Climate Change and Marine Conservation....Pages 19-28
Front Matter....Pages 30-30
Is Global Warming Involved in the Success of Seaweed Introductions in the Mediterranean Sea?....Pages 31-50
Climate Change Effects on Marine Ecological Communities....Pages 51-68
Fucoid Flora of the Rocky Intertidal of the Canadian Maritimes: Implications for the Future with Rapid Climate Change....Pages 69-90
Front Matter....Pages 92-92
GIS-Based Environmental Analysis, Remote Sensing, and Niche Modeling of Seaweed Communities....Pages 93-114
Physiological Responses of Seaweeds to Elevated Atmospheric CO 2 Concentrations....Pages 115-126
The Role of Rhodolith Beds in the Recruitment of Invertebrate Species from the Southwestern Gulf of California, México....Pages 127-138
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Endophyte Infections in Kelp Sporophytes....Pages 139-154
Front Matter....Pages 156-156
Interactive Effects of UV Radiation and Nutrients on Ecophysiology: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change....Pages 157-182
Ecological and Physiological Responses of Macroalgae to Solar and UV Radiation....Pages 183-198
Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on Macroalgae from Patagonia, Argentina....Pages 199-214
Front Matter....Pages 216-216
Production of Biofuel by Macroalgae with Preservation of Marine Resources and Environment....Pages 217-228
Biofuel from Algae: Salvation from Peak Oil?....Pages 229-248
Front Matter....Pages 250-250
A Review of Kappaphycus Farming: Prospects and Constraints....Pages 251-283
Recycling of the Seaweed Wakame Through Degradation by Halotolerant Bacteria....Pages 285-304
Progressive Development of New Marine Environments – Imta (Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture) Production....Pages 305-318
Reproductive Processes in Red Algal Genus Gracilaria and Impact of Climate Change....Pages 319-338
The Role of Porphyra in Sustainable Culture Systems: Physiology and Applications....Pages 339-354
Front Matter....Pages 356-356
Intensive Sea Weed Aquaculture: A Potent Solution Against Global Warming....Pages 357-372
Front Matter....Pages 356-356
The Future is Green: On the Biotechnological Potential of Green Algae....Pages 373-383
The Potential of Caulerpa spp. for Biotechnological and Pharmacological Applications....Pages 385-397
Front Matter....Pages 400-400
Ecology, Science, and Religion....Pages 401-421
Nature and Resource Conservation as Value-Assessment Reflections on Theology and Ethics....Pages 423-433
Global Warming According to Jewish Law: Three Circles of Reference....Pages 435-447
Guarding the Globe: A Jewish Approach to Global Warming....Pages 449-460
Back Matter....Pages 461-480

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences, general; Climate Change; Pollution, general; Environment, general; Ecosystems; Freshwater & Marine Ecology