Chemical defenses of marine organisms against solar radiation exposure: UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids and scytonemin

Marine Chemical Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 481-520

  Karentz, Deneb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420036602     Document Type: Chapter

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