Effects of solar radiation on photosynthesis, UV-absorbing compounds and enzyme activities of the green alga Dasycladus vermicularis from southern Spain

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-57

  Gómez, Iván ^a,b   Pérez Rodríguez, Eduardo ^a   Viñegla, Benjamín ^a   Figueroa, Félix L ^a   Karsten, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dasycladus vermicularis; PAR; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis; UV radiation; UV absorbing compounds

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DASYCLADUS; DASYCLADUS VERMICULARIS; EUKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0032216029     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(98)00199-7     Document Type: Article

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