Solar ultraviolet radiation at the earth's surface

JE Frederick, HE Snell… - Photochemistry and …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
The biologically effective ultraviolet irradiance at the earth's surface varies with the elevation
of the sun, the atmospheric ozone amount, and with the abundance of scatterers and …

Effects of irradiance and ultraviolet radiation on photoadaptation in the zooxanthellae of Aiptasia pallida: primary production, photoinhibition, and enzymic defenses …

MP Lesser, JM Shick - Marine Biology, 1989 - Springer
Cnidarians which contain symbiotic algae are constantly faced with the challenges of a
changing photic regime and a hyperoxic environment. Zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium sp.) …

The measurement and penetration of ultraviolet radiation into tropical marine water

EM Fleischmann - Limnology and Oceanography, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
An inexpensive, easily deployed polymer film was used to measure the penetration of
ultraviolet (UV) radiation in nearshore tropical water. Measurements were made to a depth …

Ozone, middle ultraviolet radiation and the aquatic environment

RC Smith - Photochemistry and Photobiology, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Marine organisms in the upper layers of the sea may be endangered by increased ultraviolet
radiation resulting from declines in the thickness of stratospheric ozone. Evidence …

Photoadaptive responses of the tropical red alga Eucheuma striatum Schmitz (Gigartinales) to ultra-violet radiation

WF Wood - Aquatic Botany, 1989 - Elsevier
The attenuation of ultra-violet radiation (UV) is described for the waters of Kaneohe Bay,
Hawaii. The attenuation rates for UV varied with water turbidity and were similar, or greater …

Stratospheric ozone, middle ultraviolet radiation and phytoplankton productivity

RC Smith, KS Baker - Oceanography, 1989 - JSTOR
]'4 ARINE LIFE IN THE UPPER layers of the sea may be endangered by increased
ultraviolet (UV) radiation resulting from reduction in the thickness of the earth's ozone layer …

Potential effects of UV‐B radiation on marine organisms of the southern ocean: Distributions of phytoplankton and krill during austral spring

RR Bidigare - Photochemistry and Photobiology, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in UV‐B radiation resulting from ozone depletion during austral spring could
potentially alter the balance of the Southern Ocean marine ecosystem. A quantitative …

Photoadaption and defenses against oxygen toxicity in zooxanthellae from natural populations of symbiotic cnidarians

MP Lesser, JM Shick - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 1989 - Elsevier
The enzymes Superoxide dismutase, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase, which provide
protection against toxic forms of oxygen, consistently show a positive correlation between …

LIPOPHILIC PIGMENTS FROM CYANOBACTERIAL (BLUE‐GREEN ALGAL) AND DIATOM MATS IN HAMELIN POOL, SHARK BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA1

AC Palmisano, RE Summons, SE Cronin… - Journal of …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Lipophilic pigments were examined in microbial mat communities dominated by
cyanobacteria in the intertidal zone and by diatoms in the subtidal and sublittoral zones of …

Photobiology of natural populations of zooxanthellae from the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida: Assessment of the host's role in protection against ultraviolet radiation

MP Lesser - Cytometry: The Journal of the International Society …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Natural populations of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida containing endosymbiotic
dinoflagellates were acclimated to different irradiance regimes, with and without ultraviolet …