Vertical mixing within the epilimnion modulates UVR-induced photoinhibition in tropical freshwater phytoplankton from southern China

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1260-1270

  Villafañe, Virginia E ^a,b,d   Gao, Kunshan ^a,c   Li, Ping ^a   Li, Gang ^a   Walter Helbling, E ^a,b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d Estacion de Fotobiologia Playa Union   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mixing; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetically available radiation; Phytoplankton; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249906762     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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