Penetration of solar UVB radiation in shallow tropical waters and its potential biological effects on coral reefs; results from the central Indian Ocean and Andaman Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 109-118

  Dunne, Richard P ^a   Brown, Barbara E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Diffuse attenuation coefficient; Solar ultraviolet radiation; UVB

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DAMAGE; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEFS; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0030302929     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps144109     Document Type: Article

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