Nitrate reduces the negative effect of UV radiation on photosynthesis and pigmentation in Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Rhodophyta): The photoprotection role of mycosporine-like amino acids

Phycologia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 636-648

  Barufi, José Bonomi ^a   Mata, María Teresa ^b   Oliveira, Mariana Cabral ^a   Figueroa, Félix L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Gracilaria tenuistipitata; Mycosporine like amino acids; Nitrogen supply; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84868536514     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/10.77.1     Document Type: Article

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