UV radiation - A threat to Antarctic benthic marine diatoms?

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Wulff, Angela ^a   Zacher, Katharina ^b   Hanelt, Dieter ^c   Al Handal, Adil ^a   Wiencke, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microalgae; Microphytobenthos; PE curve; PSII maximum efficiency; UV A; UV B

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; NAVICULA CANCELLATA; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PETRONEIS;

EID: 38349041680     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000739     Document Type: Article

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