Response of Antarctic phytoplankton to solar UVR exposure: Inhibition and recovery of photosynthesis in coastal and pelagic assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-16

  Fritz, Jennifer J ^a,b   Neale, Patrick J ^a   Davis, Richard F ^a,c   Peloquin, Jill A ^a,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological weighting functions; Inhibition of photosynthesis; Polar phytoplankton; Ultraviolet radiation; UVA; UVB

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INHIBITION; IRRADIATION; OPEN OCEAN; OZONE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR REGION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ANVERS ISLAND; PALMER STATION; SCOTIA ARC; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 52249091089     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07610     Document Type: Article

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