UVB Monochromatic Action Spectrum for the Inhibition of Photosynthetic Oxygen Production in the Green Alga Dunaliella salina

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-280

  Ghetti, Francesco ^a   Fuoco, Silvana ^a   Checcucci, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; SALINA;

EID: 0005325186     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb09681.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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