Molecular Approaches to the Study of the Ocean

1 Molecular phylogenetics: new perspective on the ecology, evolution and biodiversity of marine organisms.- 2 Molecular approaches to microbial biomass estimation in the sea.- 3 Molecular approaches to studies of the activities of marine organisms.- 4 Maxine virus ecology.- 5 Environmental control of gene expression in bacteria.- 6 Protein profile analysis for investigating genetic functions in microbial communities.- 7 Phylogenetic analysis of marine phytoplankton.- 8 Molecular markers of phytoplankton physiological status and their application at the level of individual cells.- 9 Phytoplankton activity through the measurement of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase gene expression (RuBisCO).- 10 Phytoplankton growth studies by cell cycle analysis.- 11 Immunofluorescence approaches in the study of phytoplankton.- 12 Biochemical and molecular methods for the study of marine fungi.- 13 Nitrogen fixation in the marine environment: genetic potential and nitrogenase expression.- 14 Population genetics and phylogeny of planktonic copepods.- 15 Towards the molecular analysis of copepod production.- 16 Ecophysiology of lipids in pelagic crustacean Zooplankton communities.- 17 Molecular analysis of invertebrate development and growth: identification of developmentally regulated genes in model and commercially important species.- 18 Molecular studies of marine invertebrate biodiversity: status and prospects.- 19 Molluscan adhesive protein genes.- 20 Macroalgal phylogeny.- 21 Molecules, organdies and cells: fluorescence microscopy and red algal development.- 22 Sponge cell culture.- 23 Techniques for exploring symbiosis-specific gene expression in cnidarian/algal associations.- 24 Addressing the microbial ecology of marine biofilms.- 25 Incorporation of radioactive precursors into macromolecules as measures of bacterial growth: problems and pitfalls.- 26 Marine toxins: how they are studied and what they can tell us.- 27 Databases for use in molecular biology: concepts in their design, access and use.