Effects of UV radiation on photosynthesis of phytoplankton exposed to solar simulator light

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Herrmann, H ^a   Hader D P ^a   Kofferlein M ^b   Seidlitz, H K ^b   Ghetti, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dunaliella salina; Ochromonas danica; Oxygen evolution; PAM fluorescence; Sunlight; Sunlight simulator; UV A radiation; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; OCHROMONAS DANICA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; SALINA;

EID: 0030175019     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07245-4     Document Type: Article

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