Algal Photosynthesis:The Measurement of Algal Gas Exchange (Current Phycology, No.2)

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This book introduces the reader to algal diversity as currently understood and then traces the photosynthetic structures and mechanisms that contribute so much to making the algae unique. Indeed the field is now so large that no one expert can hope to cover it all. The 19 articles are each written by experts in their area; ranging over all the essential aspects and making for a comprehensive coverage of the whole field. Important developments in molecular biology, especially transformation mutants in Chlamydomonas, are dealt with, as well as areas important to global climate change, carbon dioxide exchange, light harvesting, energy transduction, biotechnology and many others. The book is intended for use by graduate students and beginning researchers in the areas of molecular and cell biology, integrative biology, plant biology, biochemistry and biophysics, biotechnology, global ecology, and phycology.

Photosynthetic Microorganisms in Environmental Biotechnology

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Photosynthetic Pigments of Algae
Kingsley S. Rowan
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The Phytochemistry of the Macro and Blue-Green Algae of the Arabian Gulf

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The Phytochemistry of the Macro and Blue-Green Algae of the Arabian Gulf

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Interaction between benthic algae (Lyngbya bouillonii, Dictyota dichotoma) and scleractinian coral Porites lutea in direct contact [An article from: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology]

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Interaction between benthic algae (Lyngbya bouillonii, Dictyota dichotoma) and scleractinian coral Porites lutea in direct contact [An article from: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology]
E.A. Titlyanov , I.M. Yakovleva , and T.V. Titlyanova
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Competition between the massive scleractinian coral Porites lutea and two benthic algal species, thin-filamentous blue-green Lyngbya bouillonii (Cyanophyta) commonly observed growing as mats and fleshy brown Dictyota dichotoma (Phaeophyta), was investigated. Experiments were designed to expose coral fragments to different treatments to test the role of abrasion, shading and allelopathy by Lyngbya and Dictyota on coral growth and physiology in direct physical contact. The growth rates of coral fragments were significantly lower in both the algal/coral and the net control (only plastic net touched the corals) treatments than in the manipulation control (contact with algae and plastic net was prevented), demonstrating the importance of abrasion in Porites-Lyngbya and Porites-Dictyota interactions. Furthermore, coral fragments exposed to Lyngbya grew significantly slowly than net controls, but this effect was not statistically significant for P. lutea maintained in contact with Dictyota. Light levels were reduced equally in the algal/coral and shading mimic (plastic net touched the corals shaded with neutral-density filters) treatments. However, there were no significant differences in the growth rates between the shading mimic and the net control treatments, suggesting that shading had no measurable effect on coral growth. Thus, the growth of P. lutea in contact with Dictyota was reduced by abrasion whereas in direct contact with L. bouillonii, abrasion was supplemented by additional factors unique to Lyngbya in mediating coral-algal competition. Physical contact with L. bouillonii induced a significant reduction in photochemical efficiency (F"v/F"m) of PSII and chlorophyll concentration of in hospite zooxanthellae of P. lutea fragments, as well as a decrease of the symbiotic dinoflagellate density. Analysis of the growth rate and F"v/F"m of the investigated algae revealed a significant reduction in both parameters for D. dichotoma but not for L. bouillonii when in direct contact with P. lutea fragments. Thus, the competitive inhibition by the coral P. lutea and the brown alga D. dichotoma was mutual, while L. bouillonii acted as a one-sided inhibitor for scleractinian corals inducing bleaching and severe damage of live coral tissue. The fact that mats-forming blue-green alga L. bouillonii acts as a poison for scleractinian corals and is able to kill live coral tissue is reported for the first time. Allelochemical mechanism of the effect on live coral tissue by this alga is suggested. Possible mechanisms of competitive interactions for substrate between the coral polyps of scleractinians and algal species investigated are discussed.

Photosynthesis of cryptobiotic soil crusts in a seasonally inundated system of pans and dunes in the western Mojave Desert, CA: Field studies [An article from: Flora]

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Photosynthesis of cryptobiotic soil crusts in a seasonally inundated system of pans and dunes in the western Mojave Desert, CA: Field studies [An article from: Flora]
W.N. Brostoff , M. Rasoul Sharifi , and P.W. Rundel
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Cryptobiotic soil crusts form the dominant cover of a unique system of dunes and intermittently inundated pans and playas situated on the Pleistocene Lake Thompson bed, in the western Mojave Desert, CA. Recent work has reported on basic ecological parameters including distribution, abundance, and species composition of these algal (cyanobacterial)-dominated crusts as well as on their photosynthetic rates in laboratory studies. As a step toward building an ecological model for a natural resource management plan, we determined the photosynthetic rate of the crusts under field environmental conditions. We examined the relationship between the environmental conditions of crust moisture content (MC), temperature, and ambient CO"2 concentration on photosynthetic rates during the mid-spring and the late autumn. Maximal photosynthetic rates (P"m"a"x), which did not vary greatly with season, were 3.57 and 3.99@mmol CO"2m^-^2s^-^1 for crusts on dunes and in pans, respectively. Mean photosynthetic rates for three types of crust on dunes, smooth and flat, pedicillated, and unconsolidated, were 1.31, 1.47, and 1.29@mmol CO"2m^-^2s^-^1, respectively. P"m"a"x of crusts on dunes and pans occurred at soil MCs of 110% and 20%, respectively, both lower and higher MCs resulted in decreased rates of photosynthesis. The relation between atmospheric CO"2 concentration and net photosynthesis was linear (r^2=0.88 and 0.97 for crusts on dunes and pans, respectively) through at least 1000ppm CO"2. We measured positive net photosynthesis at temperatures from 0 to 46^oC and found no clear optimum within this range when crusts were provided with optimal moisture and light conditions. Photosynthetic rates in this field study were somewhat lower than those measured in the laboratory, but both optimum MC and the relation between ambient CO"2 and net photosynthetic rate were similar. Respiration rates were generally less than 10% those of photosynthetic rates. Based on data herein and climatic information, we estimated the potential net primary productivity of crusts on dunes to be 11.7g Cm^-^2yr^-^1. The photosynthetic rate of the unconsolidated crust type, for which no data have been published, was similar to the other crust types. This finding, together with previous information that the chlorophyll values of this and other crust forms were similar, suggests that ecological studies, as well as conservation and restoration efforts, give these the same attention as the other crust types.

Photosynthesis: An entry from Thomson Gale's
<i>Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd ed.</i>

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Photosynthesis: An entry from Thomson Gale's Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd ed.
Peter A. Ensminger
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The “Gale Encyclopedia of Science” is written at a level somewhere between the introductory sources and the highly technical texts currently available. This six-volume set covers all major areas of science and engineering, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Alphabetically arranged entries provide a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.

Toxic effects of anthraquinone and phenanthrenequinone upon Scenedesmus strains (green algae) at low and elevated concentration of CO"2 [An article from: Chemosphere]

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Toxic effects of anthraquinone and phenanthrenequinone upon Scenedesmus strains (green algae) at low and elevated concentration of CO"2 [An article from: Chemosphere]
Z. Tukaj , and A. Aksmann
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Short-term (24h) experiments were performed to examine the effect of anthraquinone (ANTQ) and phenanthrenequinone (PHEQ) on two Scenedesmus armatus strains (B1-76 and 276-4d) grown in a batch culture system aerated with CO"2 at a low (0.1%) or elevated (2%) concentration. ANTQ at concentrations within the range of 0.156-1.250mgdm^-^3 inhibited the growth of B1-76 population in a concentration-dependent manner, and calculated EC"5"0 for low-CO"2 cells was 0.56mgdm^-^3. The toxic effect of ANTQ on this strain was more pronounced in high-CO"2 cells, where not only growth but also photosynthesis, respiration and SOD activity were significantly inhibited. In contrast, except for SOD activity, no ANTQ effects on strain 276-4d were found. PHEQ at concentrations within the range of 0.063-0.125mgdm^-^3 inhibited the growth of B1-76 population in a concentration-dependent manner. The value of EC"5"0 for low-CO"2 B1-76 cells was 0.10mgdm^-^3. PHEQ inhibited the growth of both strains regardless of CO"2 concentration. In B1-76 cells affected by PHEQ, inhibition of photosynthesis was independent of the CO"2 level, whereas the SOD activity was much higher in cultures aerated with 2% than with 0.1% CO"2. Higher toxicity of PHEQ to strain 276-4d grown at 2% CO"2 was accompanied by strong inhibition of photosynthesis, while in low-CO"2 cells this process was slightly stimulated. The SOD activity in both low- and high-CO"2 cells of strain 276-4d treated with PHEQ was 2-3 times higher compared with the controls. The pattern of SOD isoforms (PAGE analysis) obtained from cells exposed to ANTQ or PHEQ did not change compared with the controls, but the location of the SOD isoforms bands on gel was affected by the concentration of CO"2. The results suggest that the strain-specific toxicity of ANTQ and PHEQ may result from oxidative stress. In addition, carbon dioxide appears to play an important role in the toxicity of quinones to algae.

Toxicity of chlorophenols to Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata under air-tight test environment [An article from: Chemosphere]

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Toxicity of chlorophenols to Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata under air-tight test environment [An article from: Chemosphere]
C.Y. Chen , and J.H. Lin
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A closed-system algal toxicity test with no headspace was applied to evaluate the toxicity of chlorophenols to Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata. The dissolved oxygen production and the growth rate based on cell density were the response endpoints. Phenol and seven chlorophenols were tested using the above test technique. Median effective concentrations (EC50) range from 0.004 to 25.93mg/l (based on DO production) and 0.0134 to 20.90mg/l (based on growth rate). No-observed-effect concentration (NOEC) is within the range of 0.001-8.19mg/l. In general, growth rate is a more sensitive response endpoint than the oxygen production, except for the case of pentachlorophenol. However, the differences in sensitivity between the two parameters were marginal. Furthermore, quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR's) based on the n-octanol/water partition coefficient (logP) and the acid dissociation constant (pK"a) values were established with R^2 ranged from 0.90 to 0.96. From literature data also based on P. subcapitata, the new test method is 1.65-108 times more sensitive than the conventional algal batch tests. A completely different relative-sensitivity relationship among various aquatic organisms was thus observed. The results of this study indicate that the toxicity data of volatile organic chemicals derived by conventional algal toxicity tests may severely underestimate the impact of these toxicants. Our results show that alga is very sensitive to chlorophenols compared to other aquatic organisms such as the luminescent bacteria (the Microtox test), Daphnia magna, and rainbow trout.

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Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions is an introduction to the field of optimization. The book emphasizes constrained optimization, beginning with a substantial treatment of linear programming, and proceeding to convex analysis, network flows, integer programming, quadratic programming, and convex optimization.

The book is carefully written. Specific examples and concrete algorithms precede more abstract topics. Topics are clearly developed with a large number of numerical examples worked out in detail.

Moreover, Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions underscores the purpose of optimization: to solve practical problems on a computer. Accordingly, the book is coordinated with free efficient C programs that implement the major algorithms studied:

-The two-phase simplex method; -The primal-dual simplex method; -The path-following interior-point method; -The homogeneous self-dual methods.

In addition, there are online JAVA applets that illustrate various pivot rules and variants of the simplex method, both for linear programming and for network flows. These C programs and JAVA tools can be found on the book's webpage: . Also, check the book's webpage for new online instructional tools and exercises that have been added in the new edition.

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Professor Robert Freund's review.......2004-04-30

This is a much more detailed one as compared to the other two and was penned by MIT ORC Professor Robert Freund.

Summary. This book presents a thoroughly modern treatment of linear programming that achieves a healthy balance between theory, implementation, computation, and between the simplex method and interior-point methods. It's most novel feature is that it is written in a delightful and refreshing conversational style, that bespeaks the author's teaching style and relaxed wit. It is a pleasure to read: students will find the book to be friendly and engaging, while professors will find in the book a wealth of teaching material, nicely organized and packaged for classroom use. The book is also meant to be used in conjunction with a public-available website that contains software for various algorithms, additional exercises, and demos of algorithms.
The need for new linear programming textbooks. The world of linear programming has changed dramatically in the last ten years. For one thing, the incredible changes in computer technology have made it easy to solve truly huge LPs, and routine LP problems solve in fractions of a second even on a personal computer. As a result, the study of linear programming algorithms is of less interest to the casual student. (In a similar vein, we usually do not teach students how to efficiently compute square roots; we simply presume they can press the right buttons on their calculator.) On the other hand, because we can now solve truly gigantic linear programs, issues of computer implementation, numerical stability, and software architecture, etc., are as important for the serious optimizer as is, say, duality theory. Furthermore, the development and recognition of the importance of interior point methods has changed the landscape of linear programming significantly, so that linear programming is no longer synonymous with the simplex method, and a modern treatment of LP must also present an in-depth treatment of the most important interior point methods.

Vanderbei's book is thoroughly modern. Vanderbei's book is completely up-to-date. Aside from a nice treatment of the simplex method, it also contains a very up-to-date treatment of interior point methods, including the homogeneous self-dual formulation and algorithm (which might soon become the dominant algorithm in practice and theory). It contains extensive material on issues of implementation of both the simplex algorithm and interior point algorithms. A politician might call it a book for the 21st century.

Vanderbei's book has many novel features. This book is quite different from most other textbooks on LP in a number of important ways. For starters, the standard form of a linear program in the book is the symmetric form of the problem (max c^T x | Ax <= b, x >= 0), as opposed to the usual form (min c^T x | Ax=b, x >= 0). This difference allows for an easier treatment of duality, and allows one to see the geometry of linear programming more easily as well. The symmetric form also makes it easier to set up the homogeneous self-dual interior point algorithm. However, this form has the drawback that discussions of bases, basic feasible solutions, and some of the mechanics of the simplex method are all a bit more awkward. (The book uses the language of dictionaries to describe the essential information in a simplex method iteration.) The book has more of a focus on engineering applications than does the more typcial LP textbook (which tend to rely on business problems). For example, there is a nice chapter on optimization of engineering structures such as trusses. The book gives a very broad treatment of interior point methods, including several topics that are not usually found in textbooks such as the homogeneous self-dual formulation and algorithm, quadratic programming via interior point methods, and general convex optimization via interior point methods.

These novel features are good in that the author has clearly tried to be innovative and to build an LP text from the ground up, without regard for past texts.

Some Nice Features. There are some particularly nice features in the book. The book contains a much-simplified variant of the Klee-Minty polytope that allows for a more straightforward proof that the simplex method can visit exponentially many extreme points. In addition to proving strong duality, the book also presents Tucker's strict complementarity theorem, which has become important in the new view of sensitivity analysis, optimal partitions, and interior point methods. The book also contains a nice treatment of the steepest edge pivot rule, which has recently emerged as an important component in speeding up the performance of the simplex algorithm. In the treatment of interior point methods, the author spends very little time on polynomial time bounds and guarantees (as a theorist, I like to see this material), instead adding value by discussing important computational and implemention issues, including ordering heuristics, strategies for solving the KKT system by Newton's method, etc. The book sometimes has an engineer's feel for the proofs, which is good for students but is a bit frustrating to hard-core math types such as myself. There are many instances where the proof is just a proof via an example. This is consistent with the conversational and informal style of the text, and this informality spills over into the mathematics on occasion.

This book has style. As mentioned earlier, the book has a wonderfully appealing conversational style. While the author does not purposely go out of his way to be cute and corny, he succeeds in leaving the reader grinning with his humor. There are some passages that are downright funny, but the style succeeds mostly by default. One section on the issue of modeling the anchoring of truss design problems is called Anchors Away, the subsection on updating factorizations to reduce fill-in is aptly called Shrinking the Bump. And there is the hint of a racy discussion of an application of Konig's Theorem involving boys and girls that the curious reader might enjoy.

Overall, I greatly enjoyed reviewing this book, and I highly recommend the book as a textbook for an advanced undergraduate or master's level course in linear programming, particularly for courses in an engineering environment. In addition, the book also is a good reference book for interior point methods as well as for implementation and computational aspects of linear programming. This is an excellent new book.

Excellent book.......2002-07-18

Very clearly written. Unlike most math books, the notation is easy to understand for engineers and programmers. I found the free online version first, and then decided to buy the hard copy.

Profesor.......2001-04-11

That book is excelent from class and practice. Very important in undergraduate and postgraduate. Thanks you.

Interior Point Methods for Linear Optimization: Second Edition

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Interior Point Methods for Linear Optimization: Second Edition
Cornelis Roos , Tamas Terlaky , and Jean-Philippe Vial
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Interior Point Methods for Linear Optimization is a comprehensive, thorough textbook on interior point methods (IPMs). The era of IPMs was initiated by N. Karmarkar’s 1984 paper, which triggered turbulent research and reshaped almost all areas of optimization theory and computational practice. This book gives a comprehensive review of the main results of more than a decade of IPM research. Numerous exercises are provided to aid in understanding the material.

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Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier's best-selling Girl with a Pearl Earring, Rembrandt's Whore is the fictional monologue of Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt's mistress, with whom he spent the last twenty years of his life. A sensitive innocent, Hendrickje escapes the harsh realities of her garrison hometown to become a servant in Rembrandt's household. She soon becomes his lover and closest confidante, filling the void left by the death of his wife and two of their children. Enlightened by the positive values of beauty, truth, love, and art, Hendrickje is fated to discover the hypocrisy and fickleness of Amsterdam society, which ostracizes her and precipitates Rembrandt's final collapse. Matton has researched not only Rembrandt's life and works but also contemporary Amsterdam and the Black Death. In a serene, sensuous style of writing she provides an intriguing and intimate view into the painter's life.

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Meet Rembrandt van Rijn.......2007-03-30

This is a great little book. I enjoyed it tremendously. It brings the artist to life and shows how life with the Rembrandt felt like for Hendrickje, a country girl who became Rembrandt's common law wife. The book shows how it was to live in Amsterdam back in the mid-1600s, in all the little details. It is also a study of the intricate social structures which dominate small communities everywhere. The book is thick with atmosphere and envelopes the reader in another age showing what it must have felt like to live with a genius, at the time of the Plague, and submerged in religious bigotry. It also artfully weaves into the story the feelings of a good woman as she copes with her love, her passions, people, misunderstanding, prayer and fears. A great read for those interested in Rembrandt and Holland during the 1600s. I read the book in the silence of my room, alone, so nobody could lurch me out of that atmosphere and that age !

Could have been an outsanding novel...........2005-04-28

REMBRANDT'S WHORE takes place during the second half of Rembrandt's life, in Amsterdam. It tells the story of Hendrickje Stoffels, a 20 year old girl who moves in from the country, in order to serve as maid in Rembrandt's household.

Rembrandt has her pose for his paintings, and soon falls in love with her. Because of a contract he has signed, regarding not being able to marry after his former wife's death, at the expense of having to pay a sum which he does not posses, he is not able to marry her, and thus she becomes his "whore".

From a historical perspective, we are exposed to war, the plague, religious intolerance, and politics. All of these factors play important roles as they compose the background of the story.

The second half of Rembrandt's life was characterized by bankruptcy, illness, and his downfall from Amsterdam's best known painter to his being exploited by various political figures, who took advantage of his precarious situation. Hendrickje stands by him and provides him with care, emotional support, and a child, Cornelia.

It is because of her that Rembrandt is able to live, having lost his wife Saskia and children in a tragic manner.

The plot is well conceived and interesting.

I was unpleasantly surprised by the book's form. REMBRANDT'S WHORE is basically a monologue by Hendrickje, sometimes in first person, and others in second, as she talks directly to Rembrandt. Quite franky, the novel is often confusing.

Also, due to the fact that a 20 year old, practically illiterate, peasant girl narrates the story, the novel's flow is absolutely nonexistent. This makes it difficult to read and quite franky boring.

I have read quite a few biographical novels regarding the lives and times of famous painters, and this one rank's pretty low, and cannot be compare this to other books of the same genre. A specific example is Irving Stone's LUST FOR LIFE, about Vincent VanGogh. Now, that's a masterpiece.....

Deliberately Obtuse and Essentially Dull.......2005-03-12

Told from the point of view of Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt's mistress, paragraphs in dark and darker colors, like Rembrandt's own brush strokes paint a picture of mid 17th century Amsterdam and the second half of the life of Rembrandt. It's a time of plauge, war, floods, superstition and religious intolerance.

Suffering after the deaths of his three small children and wife Saskia, Rembrandt finds solace in the arms of Hendrickje, a beautiful servant in his household, 23 years his junior. He never marries her (thus the name given to her by the towns people, "Rembrandt's whore") but clearly loves her, as he loves the child they have together as well as his beloved Titus, son of Saskia.

Written in a deliberately obtuse style with shifting points of view we are told of an endless succession of visitors to the Rembrandt household, as well as providing laborious information on his bankcruptcy and the loss of his house, his paintings and other possessions. Interspersed with this are amorphous descriptions of his paintings that can only be deciphered by those completely familiar with the Rembrandt oeuvre. This book is essentially boring and confusing.

My opinion.......2003-12-20

I must disagree on one point with the top most reviewer. This novel was written before Tracy Cheveliers Girl with a pearl earring. Although "pearl earring" was a far more interesting read. I found this book boring but oddly intriguing. It is worded strangely and sometimes the main character (its in 1st person) Begins to speak to Rembrandt. These parts are second person and it all becomes very confusing. I also found I didn't really care about the main character and the ending was a let down. It leaves one dissatisfied with the novel. You would have to really love anything to do with Rembrandt to enjoy this book.
I in fact found it so boring it took over three weeks to finish. And this is saying something when the book is only about 180 pages. I hated it so much I referred to is as the dreadful book that would not end. Once again someone really needs to enjoy aspects of Rembrandt's life to enjoy this complicated (what seems like) 500 page bore. The reason by the way that this received 2 stars instead of 1 is because the plot was enough to keep me reading up to a point.

Riding a wave..........2003-06-05

Sylvie Matton is simply riding the Tracey Chevalier wave. Unfortunately, she is not a good enough surfer and crashes before the break. A boring book, a pale imitation.

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