Photosynthesis and production in a changing environment : a field and laboratory manual /

This book, which has derived from UNEP-sponsored training courses in the subject, contains vital up-to-date information, presented by a leading team of international experts, on all the major parameters of plant growth and the effect upon them of global climate change. It will be an invaluable manua...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hall, D. O. (David Oakley)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1993.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Measurement of plant and net primary production of herbaceous vegetation / M. j. Roberts
  • Remote sensing of biomass and productivity / J.M.O. Scurlock
  • Growth analysis / C.L. Beadle
  • Plant microclimate / M. B. Jones
  • Controlled-environment studies / T.w. Tibbitts
  • Canopy structure and light interception / P.S. Nobel
  • Functional leaf anatomy / H.R. Bolhar-Nordenkampt
  • Water relations / C.L.Beadle
  • measurement of CO2 assimilation by plants in the field and the laboratory / S.P. Long
  • Polarographic measurement of oxygen / D.A. Walker
  • Carbon isotope discrimination / H. Griffiths
  • ChlorophII florescene as a tool in photosynthesis research / H.R. Bolhar-Nordenkampf
  • Modelling of solar irradiance, leaf energy budget and canopy photosynthesis / I.N. Forseth
  • Modelling of canopy carbon and water balance / R. E. McMurtrie
  • Carbon partitioning / J. F. Farrar
  • Carbon metabolism / R. C. Leegood
  • Chloroplasts and protoplasts / R.C. Leegood
  • Thylakoid components and processes / G. Hind
  • Nitrogen fixation and nitrate reduction / P. lindblad Ammonia assimilation, photorespiration and amino acid biosynthesis / P.J. Lea.