Transparency of Antarctic ice-covered lakes to solar UV radiation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 618-624

  Vincent, Warwick F ^a,b   Rae, Rowena ^b   Laurion, Isabelle ^b   Howard Williams, Clive ^c   Priscu, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOPHORE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; VANDA;

EID: 0031853856     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.4.0618     Document Type: Article

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