Ecology of Cyanobacteria II Their Diversity in Space and Time
Cyanobacteria have existed for 3.5 billion years, yet they are still the most important photosynthetic organisms on the planet for cycling carbon and nitrogen. The ecosystems where they have key roles range from the warmer oceans to many Antarctic s
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Ecology of Cyanobacteria II Their Diversity in Space and Time
Editor Brian A. Whitton School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Durham University Durham United Kingdom
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Preface
The publication in 2000 of Ecology of Cyanobacteria. Their Diversity in Time and Space aimed to assemble some of the most important information on ecology in the same way as The Molecular Ecology of Cyanobacteria edited by Donald Bryant had done in 1994 for other aspects of cyanobacteria. Malcolm Potts, who co-edited that volume, and I used the Preface to consider what would happen in ecology during the coming years. The impact of molecular studies on ecological understanding and commercial developments seemed likely to be especially important and this is what has happened. Many other discoveries of particular relevance for ecology have also been reported, such as advances in understanding about
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