Phytoplankton pigments characterization, chemotaxonomy, and applications in oceanography - Roy, Suzanne; Llewellyn, Carole A.; Egeland, Einar Skarstad; Johnsen, Geir (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Part I. Chlorophylls and carotenoids -- 1. Microalgal classes and their signature pigments / S. W. Jeffrey, S. W. Wright and M. Zapata -- 2. Recent advances in chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis / R. J. Porra, U. Oster and H. Scheer -- 3. Carotenoid metabolism in phytoplankton / M. Lohr -- Part II. Methodology guidance -- 4. New HPLC separation techniques / J. L. Garrido, R. L. Airs, F. Rodriguez, L. Van Heukelem and M. Zapata -- 5. The importance of a quality assurance plan for method validation and minimizing uncertainties in the HPLC analysis of phytoplankton pigments / L. Van Heukelem and S. B. Hooker -- Appendix: a symbology and vocabulary for an HPLC lexicon / S. B. Hooker and L. Van Heukelem -- 6. Quantitative interpretation of chemotaxonomic pigment data / H. W. Higgins, S. W. Wright and L. Schlüter -- 7. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for pigment analysis / R. L. Airs and J. L. Garrido -- 8. Multivariate analysis of extracted pigments using spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric methods / J. Neveux, J. Seppala, and Y. Dandonneau -- Appendix: a proven simultaneous equation assay for chlorophylls a and b using aqueous acetone and similar assays for recalcitrant algae / R. J. Porra -- Part III. Water-soluble 'pigments' -- 9. Phycobiliproteins / K.-H. Zhao, R. J. Porra, and H. Scheer -- 10. UV-absorbing 'pigments': mycosporine-like amino acids / J. I. Carreto, S. Roy, K. Whitehead, C. Llewellyn, and M. O. Carignan -- Part IV. Selected Pigment Applications in Oceanography -- 11. Pigments and photoacclimation processes / C. Brunet, G. Johnsen, J. Lavaud, and S. Roy --12. Pigment-based measurements of phytoplankton rates / A. Guttierez-Rodriguez and M. Latasa -- 13. In vivo bio-optical properties of phytoplankton pigments / G. Johnsen, A. Bricaud, N. Nelson, B. B. Prezelin, and R. R. Bidigare -- 14. Optical monitoring of phytoplankton bloom pigment signatures / G. Johnsen, M. A. Moline, L. H. Pettersson, J. L. Pinckney, D. V. Pozdnyakov, E. S. Egeland and O. M. Schofield -- Appendix: harmful algae toxins and pigments / E. S. Egeland -- Part V. Future perspectives -- 15. Perspectives on future directions / C. Llewellyn, S. Roy, G. Johnsen, E. S. Egeland, M. Chauton, G. Hallegraeff, M. Lohr, U. Oster, R. J. Porra, H. Scheer and K.-H. Zhao -- Part VI. Aids for practical laboratory work -- Appendix A. Update on filtration, storage and extraction solvents / J. L. Pinckney, D. F. Millie and L. Van Heukelem -- Appendix B. The pigment analyst's guide to HPLC hardware / A. R. Neeley, C. S. Thomas, S. B. Hooker and L. Van Heukelem -- Appendix C. Minimum identification criteria for identifying phytoplankton pigments / E. S. Egeland -- Appendix D. Phytoplankton cultures for standard pigments and their suppliers / S. Roy, S. W. Wright and S. W. Jeffrey -- Appendix E. Commercial suppliers of phytoplankton pigments / E. S. Egeland and L. Schlüter -- Part VII: Phytoplankton pigments datasheets / E. S. Egeland.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Phytoplankton -- Composition; Phytoplankton -- Chemotaxonomy; Photosynthetic pigments; Algae -- Classifications; Oceanography -- Methods