Mycosporine-like amino acids in planktonic organisms living under different UV exposure conditions in Patagonian lakes

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 753-762

  Tartarotti, Barbara ^a,b   Baffico, Gustavo ^a   Temporetti, Pedro ^a   Zagarese, Horacio E ^a,c  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Univ Nac Gen S Martin Camino C   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MIDDENDORFFIANA; PORPHYRA; STENTOR AMETHYSTINUS;

EID: 3242730547     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh073     Document Type: Article

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