S. J. de Mora, Stephen J. de Mora, Maria Vernet

The Effects of UV Radiation in the Marine Environment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of UV radiation effects in marine environment for researchers and graduate students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780521632188
• ISBN-10: 0521632188
• Artikelnr.: 22015533

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Stephen de Mora; 1. Enhanced UV radiation - a new problem for the
marine environment Robert Whitehead, Stephen de Mora and Serge Demers; 2.
UV physics and optics Susana Diaz, John Morrow and Charles Booth; 3.
Spectral weighting functions for quantifying effects of ultraviolet
radiation in marine ecosystems Patrick Neale; 4. Marine photochemistry and
its impact on carbon cycling Kenneth Mopper and David Kieber; 5.
Photochemical production of biological substrates David Kieber; 6.
Mechanisms of UV damage to aquatic organisms Warwick Vincent and Patrick
Neale; 7. Strategies for the minimisation of UV-induced damage Suzanne Roy;
8. Ultraviolet radiation effects on heterotrophic bacterioplankton and
viruses in marine ecosystems Wade Jeffrey, Jason Kase and Steven Wilhelm;
9. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the physiology and ecology of marine
phytoplankton Maria Vernet; 10. Impact of solar UV radiation on zooplankton
and fish Horacio Zagarese and Craig Williamson; 11. Implications of UV
radiation on the food web structure and consequences on the carbon flow
Behzad Mostajir, Serge Demers, Stephen de Mora, Robert Bukata and John
Jerome.