Could stratospheric ozone depletion lead to enhanced aquatic primary production in the polar regions?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 332-338

  Hamre, Børge ^a   Stamnes, Jakob J ^a   Frette, Øyvind ^a   Erga, Svein Rune ^a   Stamnes, Knut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLAR REGION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAE;

EID: 38749131908     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0332     Document Type: Article

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