Evolutionary Biogeography of the Marine Algae of the North Atlantic

by David J. Garbary (Editor), G. Robin South (Editor)

Overview

Algal systematists, geologists and evolutionary biologists provide a synthesis of the evolutionary biogeography of red, brown, and green algae of the North Atlantic Ocean also considering their relationships with species and genera in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans as well as other subtropical and tropical seas. The history of the Atlantic Basin and its connections to other ocean basins is treated from the geological, paleontological and paleoclimatic perspective. This is contrasted with biogeographic analyses of marine animal systems and the role of plant/animal interactions in evolution. Some of the approaches include traditional systematic studies, cladistic analysis, the experimental evaluation of environment in establishing distribution limits and the application of molecular biology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642751172
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/23/2011
Series:	Nato ASI Subseries G: , #22
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Pages:	429
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1. Philosophical and Methodological Concerns.- The framing of biogeographic hypotheses.- Quantitative methods and biogeographic analysis.- 2. The Pleisene and its Aftermath.- Late glacial and Holocene diatom successions in the Gulf of Maine: response to climatologic and oceanographic change.- Seaweed biogeography of the North Atlantic: where are we now?.- 3. Evolutionary Ecology and Adaptation.- Behavioural, morphological and genetic changes in some North Atlantic populations of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides.- Herbivory and evolution of nongeniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific.- 4. Approaches to Speciation.- The application of DNA-DNA hybridization in seaweeds and DNA divergence between some amphi-Atlantic Cladophora (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) species.- Genetics of morphology and growth in Laminaria from the North Atlantic Ocean — implications for biogeography.- Sexual compatability and species concept in Ecarpus siliculosus (Ecarpales, Phaeophyceae) from Italy, North Carolina, Chile, and New Zealand.- 5. Kelp Evolution.- The distribution and evolution of the Laminariales: North Pacific — Atlantic relationships.- Molecular evolution in the Laminariales: a review.- 6. Taxonomy and Biogeography.- Evolutionary biogeography of the North Atlantic Antithamnioid algae.- Distribution and evolution of non-coralline crustose red algae in the North Atlantic.- A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the Phyllophoraceae, Gigartinaceae and Petrocelidaeeae (Rhodophyta) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific.- 7. Biogeographic Provinces.- Algal provinces in the North Atlantic — do they exist?.- 8. Evolution of Floras in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.- Role of the Arctic Ocean as a bridge between theAtlantic and Pacific Oceans: fact and hypothesis.- Biogeography of the marine red algae of the North Atlantic Ocean.- Taxonomic Index.