Inhibition of marine photosynthesis by ultraviolet radiation: Variable sensitivity of phytoplankton in the Weddell-Scotia Confluence during the austral spring

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 433-448

  Neale, Patrick J ^a   Cullen, John J ^b,c   Davis, Richard F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; WEDDELL-SCOTIA CONFLUENCE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031812816     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.3.0433     Document Type: Article

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