Short-term effects of gamma ray bursts on oceanic photosynthesis

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-217

  Peñate, Liuba ^a   Martín, Osmel ^a   Cárdenas, Rolando ^a   Agustí, Susana ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gamma ray bursts; Oceanic photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874637049     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-010-0450-7     Document Type: Letter

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