Biochemical Models of Leaf Photosynthesis

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
S von Caemmerer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Co2 Assimilation ◽  
Leaf Photosynthesis ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
Antisense Transgenic Plants

Increasing concerns of global climate change have stimulated research interests in all aspects of carbon exchange. This has restored interest in leaf photosynthetic models to predict and assess changes in photosynthetic CO2 assimilation in different environments. This is a comprehensive presentation of the most widely used models of steady-state photosynthesis by an author who is a world authority. Treatments of CO3, CO4 and intermediate pathways of photosynthesis in relation to environment have been update to include work on antisense transgenic plants. It will be a standard reference for the formal analysis of photosynthetic metabolism in vivo by advanced students and researchers.

Environmental and Endocrine Control of Reproduction in Two Species of Polychaete: Potential Bio-Indicators for Global Climate Change

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Control Mechanism ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Environmental Cues ◽  
Endocrine Control ◽  
The Impact

An in vitro bioassay has been developed which shows that oogenesis in Harmothoe imbricata is controlled by a gonadotrophic hormone which promotes egg protein synthesis in developing oocytes. A similar endocrine control mechanism is found in Eulalia viridis and analysis of in vivo assays indicate that the hormone acts as a transducer between the environment and the gamete. The timing of gametogenesis is controlled by environmental cues in both species and may be affected by predicted global climate change. With the development of these sensitive hormone assays it is possible to test the impact of climate change on both species, providing a possible early warning system for global warming and potential bio-indicators of climate change. Harmothoe imbricata is likely to be the more sensitive indicator species.

Research in the cross-section of community psychology and global climate change: A call for action

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marci Culley ◽  
Holly Angelique ◽  
Courte Voorhees ◽  
Brian John Bishop ◽  
Peta Louise Dzidic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Community Psychology ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The Cross
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