Cell size versus taxonomic composition as determinants of UV- sensitivity in natural phytoplankton communities

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1774-1779

  Laurion, Isabelle ^a,b   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032444869     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.8.1774     Document Type: Article

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