Effects of ultraviolet B radiation on (not so) transparent exopolymer particles

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3071-3080

  Ortega Retuerta, E ^a,b,f   Passow, U ^c,d   Duarte, C M ^e   Reche, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA SURFACE; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 73449085817     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-3071-2009     Document Type: Article

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