Penetration of ultraviolet radiation into shallow water sediments: High exposure for photosynthetic communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 257-262

  Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a   Bebout, Brad M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary productivity; Sediments; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029813111     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131257     Document Type: Article

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