Community and pigment structure of Arctic cyanobacterial assemblages: The occurrence and distribution of UV-absorbing compounds

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-323

  Quesada, Antonio ^a,b   Vincent, Warwick F ^b   Lean, David R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Arctic; Cyanobacterium; Pigment; Polar; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MYCOSPORINE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PIGMENT; SCYTONEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; PIGMENT;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTATION; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCTIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; OSCILLATORIA; PHORMIDIUM; SCYTONEMA;

EID: 0033059749     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00114-7     Document Type: Article

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