Solar UVR-induced DNA damage and inhibition of photosynthesis in phytoplankton from Andean lakes of Argentina

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-266

  Villafañe, Virginia E ^a   Buma, Anita G J ^b   Boelen, Peter ^b   Helbling, E Walter ^a  

^a Estacion de Fotobiologia Playa Union   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Andean lakes; CPD; DNA; Patagonia; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; UVR

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DNA; LAKE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 8644261721     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0161-0245     Document Type: Article

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