Ultraviolet Radiation in a High Mountain Lake of the Austrian Alps: Air and Underwater Measurements

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 957-963

  Sommaruga, Ruben ^a   Psenner, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 0001327577     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb07954.x     Document Type: Article

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