This book reflects the themes of the three one-day sessions of the British Bryological Society Centenary Symposium, deals with origins, evolution and systematics of bryophytes and covers a range of interrelated topics involving function of bryophytes and interactions with their environment.
Welcome to the Centenary Symposium Part 1: A Special Tribute
1. The life and work of Paul Westmacott Richards December 19, 1908-October 4, 1995 Part
2. Origins, Evolution and Systematics
2. The fossil record of early land plants and interrelationships between primitive embryophytes: too little and too late?
3. Bryophyte phylogeny and the evolution of land plants: Evidence from development and ultrastrutcure
4. Bryophytes and the Origins and Diversification of Land Plants: New Evidence from Molecules
5. A molecular approach to bryophyte systematics
6. Molecular Taxonomy of Liverworts
7. Spore colour and ornamentation in the taxonomy of Asterella (Marchantiales, Aytoniaceae)
8. The ordinal classification of the mosses: Questions and answers for the 1990s
9. Cladistic studies on pleurocarpous mosses: Research needs, and use of results
10. Revised generic classification of the Orthotrichaceae based on a molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology
11. Genetic analysis of a hybrid zone in Mielichhoferia (Musci) Part
3. Morphogenesis and Cell Biology
12. Auxin structure-activity relationships in Physcomitrella patens
13. Origin of bicentrioles in Anthocerote spermatogenous cells
14. Microtubules and gametophyte morphogenesis in the liverwort Marchantia paleacea Bert
15. Protonemal morphogenesis
16. Gravitropism in moss protonemata Part
4. Physiology, Ecology, Pollution and Global Change
17. New perspectives in the biophysics and physiology of bryophytes
18. Ecophysiology of photosynthetic pigments in aquatic bryophytes
19. Nutrient retention, desiccation and redistribution in mosses
20. Quantifying bryophyte-environment relationships
21. Modelling the dynamics of bryophyte populations
22. Effects of ozone and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on bryophytes
23. Effects of increased carbon dioxide and nitrogen supply on mosses
24. Sphagnum, the peatland carbon economy, and climate change
25. Reproductive biology and life-history strategies
Jeffrey W. Bates
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