Harmful Algal Blooms

Environmental Factors and Molecular Mechanisms
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-15743-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Harmful Algal Blooms: Environmental Factors and Molecular Mechanisms offers a genomic and ecological perspective on harmful algal blooms, or HABs. The book provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge crucial for understanding the causes of HABs while also synthesizing foundational knowledge with recent discoveries. Written by an expert in algal molecular ecology, it blends molecular biology, physiology, and ecology to examine how harmful algae thrive on environmental conditions like climate change. After introducing historical ecological models, the book delves into the influencing factors and underlying molecular mechanisms of HABs.

Other sections explore an integrated molecular approach to incorporate energy, nutrients, defenses, and sexual reproduction (ENDs) as a resolution for HAB growth. This is an important resource for researchers and students in marine biology and ecology fields, as well as phycological and environmental studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lin, Senjie

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung Fischerei, Fischzucht, Aquakultur
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Harmful algal blooms and complexity of their drivers

2. Genetic diversity and invasive species

3. Algal toxins, biosynthesis pathways and adaptive significance

4. Ecological models to constrain the causes of HABs

5. Effects of ocean warming and molecular mechanisms

6. Effects of ocean acidification and molecular mechanisms

7. Effects of eutrophication and molecular mechanisms

8. Roles of mixotrophy and symbiosis and molecular mechanisms

9. Biotic interactions and biocontrol tools

10. Sexual reproduction, cell cycle, and molecular regulators

11. An integrative molecular ecological approach to unraveling HAB drivers

12. Molecular approach to detecting, monitoring, and understanding the drivers of HABs

Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Lin, Senjie
Dr. Senjie Lin is a Professor of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He teaches courses on algae and the environment, marine genomics, coastal ecosystem analysis, molecular oceanography, and advanced biological oceanography. He received his MSc in Marine Biology from Xiamen University in China, and his PhD in Biological Oceanography from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (now Stony Brook University). Dr. Lin has served in the editorial boards of various journals and is currently an associate editor for Journal of Phycology and board member of ISME J, Marine Life Science and Technology, and Microorganisms. He is an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). His contribution to the research field of phycology has been recognized through the Darbaker Prize and various awards.