Effects of green light on biological systems

RM KLEIN - Biological Reviews, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Green light (510–565 nm) constitutes a significant portion of the visible spectrum
impinging on biological systems. It plays many different roles in the biochemistry, physiology …

Evaluation ofbiologically harmful ultraviolet radiation in Antarctica with a biological dosimeter designed for aquatic environments

D Karentz, LH Lutze - Limnology and Oceanography, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
A biological dosimeter has been developed for use in aquatic environments. This method is
based on the sensitivity of a DNA repair‐deficient strain of Escherichia coli (CSR06) to …

Distribution, characteristics and potential impacts of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay, Canada

MA Granskog, RW Macdonald, CJ Mundy… - Continental Shelf …, 2007 - Elsevier
The characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were studied in
Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait in the Canadian Arctic. Hudson Bay receives a …

Influence of natural ultraviolet radiation on lotic periphytic diatom community growth, biomass accrual, and species composition: short‐term versus long‐term effects 1 …

ML Bothwell, D Sherbot, AC Roberge… - Journal of …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Growth rates, accumulation dynamics, and species succession of periphytic diatom
communities were examined in the presence and absence of natural ultraviolet (UV) …

Effects of increased solar ultraviolet radiation on aquatic ecosystems

DP Häder, RC Worrest, HD Kumar, RC Smith - Ambio, 1995 - osti.gov
Marine phytoplankton are a major sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide, and they have a
decisive role in the development of future trends of carbon dioxide concentrations in the …

Mycosporine‐like Amino Acids Provide Protection Against Ultraviolet Radiation in Eggs of the Green Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

NL Adams, JM Shick - Photochemistry and Photobiology, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
A photoprotective role of ultraviolet radiation‐absorbing mycosporine‐like amino acids
(MAAs) in eggs of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis was …

Acclimation of phytoplankton to UV-B radiation: oxidative stress and photoinhibition of photosynthesis are not prevented by UV-absorbing compounds in the …

MP Lesser - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1996 - int-res.com
Experiments on the temperate marine dinoflagellate Prorocentrum mjcans showed that
cultures acclimated to moderate intensities (120 pm01 quanta m-2 S-') of visible radiation …

Photobehavior of stony corals: responses to light spectra and intensity

O Levy, Z Dubinsky, Y Achituv - Journal of Experimental …, 2003 - journals.biologists.com
Tentacle expansion and contraction were investigated in four zooxanthellate coral species
and one azooxanthellate coral (Cladopsammia gracilis). Favia favus, Plerogyra sinuosa and …

CARBON UPTAKE IN A MARINE DIATOM DURING ACUTE EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION: RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DAMAGE AND REPAIR1

MP Lesser, JJ Cullen, PJ Neale - Journal of Phycology, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Experiments on a marine diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana (Hustedt) clone 3H,
demonstrate that under moderate photon flux densities (75 μmol quanta· m− 2· s− 1) of …

Effect of ultraviolet irradiation on eggs and larvae of the northern anchovy, engraulis mordax, and the pacific mackerel, scomber japonlcus, during the embryonic stage

JR Hunter, JH Taylor, HG Moser - Photochemistry and …, 1979 - Wiley Online Library
Anchovy and mackerel eggs and yolk‐sac larvae were exposed to UV radiation in the
bioactive band of wavelengths between 280 and 320 nm. the UV‐B region of the spectrum …