The Physiology of Giant Algal Cells

by N.A. Walker and A.B. Hope

The giant cells of certain algae are of especial value as experimental material for the investigation of physiological problems. This 1975 account gives a historical background to this. The authors consider water relations, ionic relations, the electrical properties of membranes, action potentials, active transport, carbon dioxide and bicarbonate ion transport and use, and protoplasmic streaming. The authors are at pains to point out the general implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521279313
• ISBN13: 9780521279314
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"