Evolution of Primary Producers in the Sea

1. An introduction to primary producers in the sea: Who they are, what they do, and when they evolved. Paul G. Falkowski and Andrew H. Knoll. <br><br>2. Oceanic photochemistry and evolution of elements and co-factors in the early stages of the evolution of life. David Mauzerall. <br><br>3. The Evolutionary transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis. Robert E. Blankenship, Sumedha Sadekar, and Jason Raymond.<br><br>4. Evolution of light-harvesting antennas in an oxygen world. Beverley R. Green.<br><br>5. Eukaryote and mitochondrial origins: two sides of the same coin and too much ado about oxygen. William Martin.<br><br>6. Photosynthesis and the eukaryote tree of life. Johanna Fehling, Diane Stoecker, and Sandra L. Baldauf.<br><br>7. Plastid endosymbiosis: sources and timing of the major events. Jeremiah D. Hackett, Hwan Su Yoon, Nicholas J. Butterfield, Michael J. Sanderson, and Debashish Bhattacharya.<br><br>8. The geological succession of primary producers in the oceans. Andrew H. Knoll, Roger E. Summons, Jacob R. Waldbauer, and John E. Zumberge. <br><br>9. Life in Triassic oceans: links between Benthic and planktonic recovery and radiation. Jonathan L. Payne and Bas van de Schootbrugge <br><br>10. The origin and evolution of dinoflagellates. Charles F. Delwiche. <br><br>11. The origin and evolution of the diatoms: their adaptation to a planktonic existence. Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra, Rainer Gersonde, Linda K Medlin, and David G. Mann.<br><br>12. Origin and evolution of coccolithophores: from coastal hunters to oceanic farmers. Colomban de Vargas, Ian Probert, Marie-Pierre Aubry, and Jeremy Young.<br><br>13. The origin and early evolution of green plants. Charley O’Kelly, Bigelow Laboratory. <br><br>14. Armor: why, when and how. Christian Hamm and Victor Smetacek. <br><br>15. Does phytoplankton cell size matter? The evolution of modern marine food webs. Zoe V. Finkel. <br><br>16. Resource competition and the ecological success of phytoplankton. Elena Litchman.<br><br>17. Biological and geochemical forcings to Phanerozoic change in seawater, atmosphere, and carbonate precipitate composition. Michael Guidry, Rolf S. Arvidson, and.Fred T. MacKenzie. <br><br>18. Geochemical and biological consequences of phytoplankton evolution. Miriam E. Katz, Katja Fennel and Paul G. Falkowski.