UVA and UVB Penetration in the Water Column of a South West Atlantic Warm Temperate Estuary and its Effects on Cells and Fish Larvae

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1147-1162

  Gouveia, G R ^a   Trindade, G S ^a   Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia ^a   Muelbert, José Henrique ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Larval growth; Patos Lagoon; UVA; UVB; Water attenuation; Water transparency

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GERM CELL; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEOST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; PATOS LAGOON; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; ODONTESTHES ARGENTINENSIS;

EID: 84931955741     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-9996-5     Document Type: Article

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