Effects of realistically simulated, elevated UV irradiation on photosynthesis and pigment composition of the alpine snow alga Chlamydomonas nivalis and the arctic soil alga Tetracystis sp. (Chlorophyceae)

Photosynthetica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-277

  Remias, D ^a   Albert, A ^b   Lutz C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

microalgae; secondary carotenoids; sun simulator; UV B exposure

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS NIVALIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; TETRACYSTIS;

EID: 77955759826     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-010-0033-4     Document Type: Article

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