Growth and photoprotection in three dinoflagellates (including two strains of alexandrium tamarense) and one diatom exposed to four weeks of natural and enhanced ultraviolet-b radiation

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-33

  Laurion, Isabelle ^a,b   Roy, Suzanne ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexandrium tamarense; Heterocapsa triquetra; Intraspecific variability; MAAs; PAM; Photoacclimation; Quantum yield of PSII photochemistry; Thalassiosira pseudonana; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 60349132042     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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