Evolutionary Biogeography Of The Marine Algae Of The North Atlantic (nato Asi Series (closed) / Nato Asi Subseries G: (closed))

Algal systematists, geologists and evolutionary biologists provide a synthesis of the evolutionary biogeography of red, brown, and green algae of the North Atlantic Ocean also considering their relationships with species and genera in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans as well as other subtropical and tropical seas. The history of the Atlantic Basin and its connections to other ocean basins is treated from the geological, paleontological and paleoclimatic perspective. This is contrasted with biogeographic analyses of marine animal systems and the role of plant/animal interactions in evolution. Some of the approaches include traditional systematic studies, cladistic analysis, the experimental evaluation of environment in establishing distribution limits and the application of molecular biology. Front Matter....Pages I-X The Framing of Biogeographic Hypotheses....Pages 1-7 Quantitative Methods and Biogeographic Analysis....Pages 9-34 Late Glacial and Holocene Diatom Successions in the Gulf of Maine: Response to Climatologic and Oceanographic Change....Pages 35-53 Seaweed Biogeography of the North Atlantic: Where are we now?....Pages 55-86 Behavioural, Morphological and Genetic Changes in Some North Atlantic Populations of the Barnacle Semibalanus Balanoides ....Pages 87-106 Herbivory and the Evolution of Nongeniculate Coralline Algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific....Pages 107-129 The Application of DNA-DNA Hybridization in Seaweeds and DNA Divergence Between Some Amphi-Atlantic Cladophora (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) Species....Pages 131-145 Genetics of Morphology and Growth in Laminaria from the North Atlantic Ocean — Implications for Biogeography....Pages 147-171 Sexual Compatability and Species Concept in Ectocarpus Siliculosus (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae) from Italy, North Carolina, Chile, and New Zealand....Pages 173-186 The Distribution and Evolution of the Laminariales: North Pacific — Atlantic Relationships....Pages 187-204 Molecular Evolution in the Laminariales: A Review....Pages 205-217 Evolutionary Biogeography of the North Atlantic Antithamnioid Algae....Pages 219-240 Distribution and Evolution of Non-Coralline Crustose Red Algae in the North Atlantic....Pages 241-264 A Preliminary Phylogenetic Analysis of the Phyllophoraceae, Gigartinaceae and Petrocelidaceae (Rhodophyta) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific....Pages 265-290 Algal Provinces in the North Atlantic — Do They Exist?....Pages 291-322 Role of the Arctic Ocean as a Bridge between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Fact and Hypothesis....Pages 323-347 Biogeography of the Marine Red Algae of the North Atlantic Ocean....Pages 349-410 Back Matter....Pages 411-431