Light-Harvesting Antennas in Photosynthesis. 2003. (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 13). 544 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects ofphotosynthetic light-harvesting antennas, from the biophysical mechanisms of light absorption and energy transfer to the structure,biosynthesis and regulation of antenna systems in whole organisms.Contents (partly): Photosynthetic Membranes and Their Light-HarvestingAntennas/ The Pigments/ Optical Spectroscopy in Photosynthetic Antennas/The Evolution of Light-Harvesting Antennas/ The Light-Harvesting Systemof Purple Bacteria/ Antenna Complexes from Green PhotosyntheticBacteria/ AntennaSystems of Red Algae: Phycobilisomes with PhotosystemII and Chlorophyll Complexes with Photosystem I/ Biogenesis of GreenPlant Thylakoid Membranes/ Pulse Amplitude Modulated ChlorophyllFluorometry and its Application in Plant Science/ Photostasis in Plants,Green Algae and Cyanobacteria: The Role of Light-Harvesting AntennaComplexes/Photoacclimation of Light-Harvesting Systems in EukaryoticAlgae etc.