Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
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Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
By Tom Fenchel, Bland J. Finlay
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1995-04-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0198548370
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780198548379
Binding: Paperback
Anoxic conditions–the environments in which life began–still persist in many places on Earth, such as in lake sediments, the guts of ruminants, and the deep waters of some marine basins. Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds offers a current and unified natural history of oxygen-free environments and their microbial inhabitants. Drawing on evidence from a variety of scientific disciplines, the authors–two leading researchers in the field–describe the forces known to shape the structure, function, heterogeneity, and evolution of anaerobic communities. Topics range from the origin and maintenance of anoxic habitats throughout Earth’s history to the origin of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and eukaryotic organelles to the development of microbial communities. Particular emphasis is placed on how energy-yielding pathways which have evolved in anaerobic microorganisms dictate the syntrophic and competitive interactions that shape anaerobic microbial community development. The ecological and evolutionary significance of the arrival of oxygen in the Proterozoic is discussed in detail. Splendidly readable, Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds brings an interdisciplinary topic of growing interest up-to-date. It will be sought after by students and researchers in ecology, microbiology, biochemistry, zoology, evolutionary biology, geology, marine biology, and oceanography.
Summary: Best introduction to anoxic worlds
Rating: 5
Ecology and evolution in anoxic worlds is one of the best introductions into the subject. I was recommended it by a research physician and I passed it on to a research palaeontologist. Not a bad coverage considering the fact that I am a tectonic geologist.
Summary: Review of Ecology and Evolution in Anoxic Worlds
Rating: 5
This book is very clearly written. It provides detailed information about anaerobes and places it in the broader context of the evolution of life’s cellular pathways. It serves as an excellent compliment to Zehnder’s Biology of Anaerobic Microorganisms, which is a very difficult book to find.
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