Ultraviolet Radiation and the Snow Alga Chlamydomonas nivalis (Bauer) Wille

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 608-615

  Gorton, Holly L ^a   Vogelmann, Thomas C ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; METHANOL; SNOW; SPOROPOLLENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROTECTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOPLASM; ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PLASMOLYSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION INJURY; SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS NIVALIS;

EID: 0344034168     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0770608URATSA2.0.CO2     Document Type: Article

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