Polysulphone film as an underwater dosimeter for solar ultraviolet-B radiation in tropical latitudes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 1999, Pages 53-63

  Dunne, Richard P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Dosimeter; Solar UVB; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0033607772     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps189053     Document Type: Article

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