A comprehensive guide to analysis of carbohy-drates by gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Explaining the facets of carbohydrate analysis and their relation to each other, it also contains reference in-formation useful to practitioners in the field. It highlights improvements in car-bohydrate analyses methodology.

This volume provides a synthesis of recent work on evolutionary aspects of metal tolerance in plants. It presents contributions from scientists with a wide diversity of expertise. It covers the evolution of heavy metal tolerance in groups of plants, fungi, and protists. The book discusses the physiological, genetic and molecular aspects of metal tolerances. It deals with the evolution of populations in metal-contaminated environments. Several chapters include tolerance in animals in order to place the rest of the book on plants in proper perspective. This publication is an exciting addition...