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Ecophysiology of Photosynthesis

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1994
ISBN
978-3-540-58571-8, 978-3-642-79354-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-79354-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11801963 bytes)
Series
Springer Study Edition 100
Edition
1
Pages
576\579
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

In a world of increasing atmospheric CO2, there is intensified interest in the ecophysiology of photosynthesis and increasing attention is being given to carbon exchange and storage in natural ecosystems. We need to know how much photosynthesis of terrestrial and aquatic vegetation will change as global CO2 increases. Are there major ecosystems, such as the boreal forests, which may become important sinks of CO2 and slow down the effects of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on climate? Will the composition of the vegetation change as a result of CO2 increase? This volume reviews the progress which has been made in understanding photosynthesis in the past few decades at several levels of integration from the molecular level to canopy, ecosystem and global scales.

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