Description
Book SynopsisThis work explores the diverse collection of microbes and viruses found in the oceans and the processes mediated by these microbes in aquatic environments. It reviews the basics of marine microbiology providing a firm foundation for researchers and students new to the field.
Trade Review"The collection brings together concepts from autoecological studies of individual bacterial groups and from ecological studies of microbial assemblages." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 2 June 2001)
"...useful resource for everybody working in this field...well-written material and simple and lucid illustrations...would serve as an excellent primary source of information on virtually any aspects of marine microbial ecology." (Choice Vol. 38, No. 9 May 2001)
"...this is an excellent book...will serve as an authoritative source on bacterial life in the water column...I recommend it warmly to anyone interested in biological oceanography and the microbial life in the sea." (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol. 269, 2002)
Table of ContentsIntroduction (D. Kirchman & P. Williams).
Marine Microbes: An Overview (E. Sherr & B. Sherr).
Evolution, Diversity, and Molecular Ecology of Marine Prokaryotes (S. Giovannoni & M. Rappé).
Bacterial Production and Biomass in the Oceans (H. Ducklow).
Production Mechanisms of Dissolved Organic Matter (T. Nagata).
Heterotrophic Bacteria and the Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Material (P. Williams).
UV Radiation Effects on Microbes and Microbial Processes (M. Moran & R. Zepp).
Control of Bacterial Growth in Idealized Food Webs (T. Thingstad).
Uptake and Regeneration of Inorganic Nutrients by Marine Heterotrophic Bacteria (D. Kirchman).
Bacterial Energetics and Growth Efficiency (P. del Giorgio & J. Cole).
Impact of Viruses on Bacterial Processes (J. Fuhrman).
Bacterivory: Interactions between Bacteria and their Grazers (S. Strom).
Marine Nitrogen Fixation (H. Paerl & J. Zehr).
Nitrification and the Marine Nitrogen Cycle (B. Ward).
The Marine Microbial Nitrogen Cycle (D. Capone).
Symbiosis and Mixotrophy Among Pelagic Microorganisms (D. Carson).
Index.
