Seasonality in UV-absorbing compounds of cyanobacterial mat communities from an intertidal mangrove flat

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Karsten, Ulf ^a   Maier, Jose ^b   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Lyngbya cf. Aestuarii; Microcoleus chthonoplastes; Mycosporine like amino acid compounds; Pterins; Scytonemin; Seasonality; Uv radiation; Uv sunscreen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001806668     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016037     Document Type: Article

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