Quantifying the metabolic cost to an Antarctic liverwort of responding to an abrupt increase in UVB radiation exposure

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2563-2573

  Snell, K R S ^a,b   Kokubun, T ^c   Griffiths, H ^d   Convey, P ^a   Hodgson, D A ^a   Newsham, K K ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthocyanidin; Non photochemical quenching; Oxygen evolution; Photosynthesis; Riccionidin A; Stratospheric ozone depletion

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STRATOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ROTHERA POINT; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CEPHALOZIELLA VARIANS;

EID: 66749171193     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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