The water column as an attenuating factor of the UVR effects on bacteria from a coastal Antarctic marine environment

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 390-398

  Hernández, Edgardo A ^a   Ferreyra, Gustavo A ^b   Ruberto, Lucas A M ^c   Mac Cormack, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Marine bacteria; Psychrotolerants; UV radiation; Water column

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PYCNOCLINE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; POTTER COVE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIZIONIA;

EID: 77954393474     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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