Spectral signatures of photosynthesis. I. Review of Earth organisms

Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 222-251

  Kiang, Nancy Y ^a,b   Siefert, Janet ^b,c   Govindjee, ^d   Blankenship, Robert E ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NASA   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Atmospheric radiative transfer; Bacteriochlorophyll; Chlorophyll; Leaf spectral reflectance; Light harvesting; Oxygenic photosynthesis; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic pigments; Photosynthetically active radiation; Radiation spectrum; Red edge; Review; Virtual Planetary Laboratory

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

PIGMENT;

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANETS; PLANTS; SPACE SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34249736872     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0105     Document Type: Review

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