Issue 4/2015
Special Issue: Cyanobacterial Biodiversity and Associated Ecosystem Services
Content (15 Articles)
Editorial
Cyanobacterial biodiversity and associated ecosystem services: introduction to the special issue
Anurag Chaurasia
Review Paper
Cyanobacteria: the bright and dark sides of a charming group
Katia Sciuto, Isabella Moro
Open Access
Review Paper
Species concepts and speciation factors in cyanobacteria, with connection to the problems of diversity and classification
Petr Dvořák, Aloisie Poulíčková, Petr Hašler, Mattia Belli, Dale A. Casamatta, Alessio Papini
Review Paper
Diversity of cyanobacteria on rock surfaces
Tomáš Hauer, Radka Mühlsteinová, Markéta Bohunická, Jan Kaštovský, Jan Mareš
Review Paper
Cyanobacteria in hypersaline environments: biodiversity and physiological properties
Aharon Oren
Review Paper
Cyanobacteria in mangrove ecosystems
Danillo Oliveira Alvarenga, Janaina Rigonato, Luis Henrique Zanini Branco, Marli Fátima Fiore
Review Paper
Ecology and biogeochemistry of cyanobacteria in soils, permafrost, aquatic and cryptic polar habitats
Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Angel Valverde, David Velázquez, Eoin Gunnigle, Marc W. Van Goethem, Antonio Quesada, Don A. Cowan
Original Paper
Microstructure and cyanobacterial composition of microbial mats from the High Arctic
Asunción de los Ríos, Carmen Ascaso, Jacek Wierzchos, Warwick F. Vincent, Antonio Quesada
Review Paper
Global expansion of toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria: effect on ecosystem functioning
Assaf Sukenik, A. Quesada, N. Salmaso
Review Paper
Cyanobacteria as bioindicators and bioreporters of environmental analysis in aquatic ecosystems
Pilar Mateo, Francisco Leganés, Elvira Perona, Virginia Loza, Francisca Fernández-Piñas
Original Paper
Ecology and biodiversity of picoplanktonic cyanobacteria in coastal and brackish environments
Carmela Caroppo