The effects of irradiance levels and spectral composition on mating strategies in the snow alga, Chloromonas sp.-D, from the Tughill Plateau, New York State

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1627-1639

  Hoham, Ronald W ^a,b   Schlag, Erin M ^a   Kang, Jennifer Y ^a   Hasselwander, Andrew J ^a   Behrstock, Alissa F ^a,b   Blackburn, Lan R ^a,b   Johnson, Rurik C ^a,b   Roemer, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Cmoromonas; Irradiance levels; Light; Mating; Meltwater; Snow algae; Spectral composition

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SNOW;

SNOW ALGAE;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ALBEDO; ALGA; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SNOW;

EID: 0032148012     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199808/09)12:10/11<1627::aid-hyp685>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Article

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