UV absorption reveals mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) in Tatra mountain lake phytoplankton

Oceanologia

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-609

  Ficek, Dariusz ^a   Dera, Jerzy ^b   Woźniak, Bogdan ^a,b  

^a POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY IN S UPSK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Mycosporine like amino acids; Phytoplankton; Tatra mountain lakes; UV absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECTRUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84881240868     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.55-3.599     Document Type: Article

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