The light environment and cellular optics of the snow alga Chlamydomonas nivalis (Bauer) Wille

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 611-620

  Gorton, Holly L ^a   Williams, William E ^a   Vogelmann, Thomas C ^b  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; SNOW;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLAST; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLASTS; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SNOW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; XANTHOPHYLLS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS NIVALIS;

EID: 0035384614     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)073<0611:TLEACO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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