The effect of solar UV and visible irradiance on the vertical movements of cyanobacteria in microbial mats of hypersaline waters

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-72

  Kruschel, Claudia ^a   Castenholz, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Hypersaline; Microbial mat; Photomovement; Solar irradiance; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; IRRADIANCE; MICROBIAL MAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGHT; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MEXICO;

OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA LAETEVIRENS; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA SUBSALSA;

EID: 0031734240     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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