Part I Geology - Paleontology - Paleoclimate
Overview of Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Baikal-Tuva
Area ............................................................ 3
Dmitry Gladkochub and Tatiana Donskaya
Tectonics of the Baikal Rift Deduced from Volcanism and
Sedimentation: A Review Oriented to the Baikal and
Hovsgol Lake Systems ........................................... 27
Alexei V. Ivanov and Elena I. Demonterova
Paleoclimate and Evolution: Emergence of Sponges During
the Neoproterozoic ............................................. 55
Werner E.G. Müller, Xiaohong Wang, and Heinz
C. Schröder
Part II Organisms: Sponges
Studies on the Taxonomy and Distribution of Freshwater
Sponges in Lake Baikal ......................................... 81
Yoshiki Masuda
Towards a Molecular Systematics of the Lake Baikal/Lake
Tuva Sponges .................................................. 111
Matthias Wiens, Petra Wrede, Vladislav A. Grebenjuk,
Oxana V. Kaluzhnaya, Sergey I. Belikov, Heinz
C. Schröder, and Werner E.G. Müller
Symbiotic Interaction Between Dinoflagellates and the
Demosponge Lubomirskia baicalensis: Aquaporin-Mediated
Glycerol Transport ............................................ 145
Werner E.G. Müller, Sergey I. Belikov, Oxana
V. Kaluzhnaya, L. CheVnogor, Anatoli Krasko, and Heinz
C. Schröder
Part III Evolution
Silicon in Life: Whither Biological Silicification? ........... 173
Christopher Exley
Fossil Sponge Fauna in Lake Baikal Region ..................... 185
Elena Veynberg
Identification and Isolation of a Retrotransposon from the
Freshwater Sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis: Implication in
Rapid Evolution of Endemic Sponges ............................ 207
Matthias Wiens, Vladislav A. Grebenjuk, Heinz
C. Schröder, Isabel M. Müller, and Werner
E.G. Müller
Part IV Role of Biosilica in Morphogenesis
Modelling the Skeletal Architecture in a Sponge with
Radiate Accretive Growth ...................................... 237
Jaap A. Kaandorp
Part V Biosilica Formation
Silicatein: Nanobiotechnological and Biomedical
Applications .................................................. 251
Heinz C. Schröder, Ute Schloßmacher, Alexandra
Boreiko, Filipe Natalio, Malgorzata Baranowska, David
Brandt, Xiaohong Wang, Wolfgang Tremel, Matthias Wiens,
and Werner E.G. Müller
Part VI Role of Biosilica in Materials Science
Role of Biosilica in Materials Science: Lessons from
Siliceous ..................................................... 277
George Mayer
An Overview of Silica in Biology: Its Chemistry and Recent
Technological Advances ........................................ 295
Carole C. Perry
Optical and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Sea Glass Sponge
Spicules ...................................................... 315
Yu. N. Kulchin, A.V. Bezverbny, O.A. Bukin,
S.S. Voznesensky, A.N. Galkina, A.L. Drozdov, and
L.G. Nagorny
Nanobiotechnology: Soft Lithography ........................... 341
Elisa Meie and Dario Pisignano
The Application of Silicon and Silicates in Dentistry:
A Review ...................................................... 359
A.-K. Lührs and Werner Geurtsen
Part VII Role of Biosilica in Nanobiotechnology
Sustainable Exploitation and Conservation of the Endemie
Lake Baikal Sponge (Lubomirskia baicalensis) for Application
in Nanobiotechnology .......................................... 383
Werner E.G. Müller, Heinz C. Schröder, and Sergey
I. Belikov
Index ......................................................... 417
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