References

The following books were consulted when researching this topic:

Alberts, B. et al: Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis in Molecular Biology of the Cell. 3rd edition, Garland Publishing Inc.

Chameides, W.L., Perdue, E. M: Biogeochemical Cycles: Their Role in the Earth System in Biogeochemical Cycles. Oxford University Press. 1997.

Devlin, R. M., and A. V. Barker: The Physical Nature of Light in Photosynthesis. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. 1971.

Falkowski, P. G. and J. A. Raven: Aquatic Photosynthesis. Blackwell Science. 1997.

Gibbs, M., and E. Latzko: Carbonic Anhydrase in Photosynthesis II. Springer Verlag. 1979.

Parsons, T. R., Y. Maita, and C. M. Lalli: A Manual of Chemical and Biological Methods for Seawater Analysis. Pergamon Press. 1984.

Stryer, L: Photosynthesis in Biochemistry: 3rd edition, W. H. Freeman and Company.

Tortell, P. D: Evolutionary and Ecological perspectives on Carbon Acquisition in Phytoplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr., 45(3), 2000, 744-750.

Trainor, F.R: Bacillariophyceae in Introductory Phycology. John Wiley & Sons. 1978.

 

The following web-sites were consulted when researching this topic:

 

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center

 

Environmental Protection Agency

 

Greening Earth Society

 

GreenPeace

 

EXPLORERS! Atmospheric

 

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

 

Conference on the World's Scientific Academies

 

The Greenhouse Effect Page

Alien Earth

Bacillariophyta  

Carbonic Anhydrases

Diatoms

Light Reactions 

Photosynthesis

Thalassiosira weissflogii

The Dark Reactions

  

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