Effects of ultraviolet radiation on primary productivity in a high altitude tropical lake

Author:: Kinzie, Robert A. III, Banaszak, Anastazia T., Lesser, Michael P.
Title:: Effects of ultraviolet radiation on primary productivity in a high altitude tropical lake
Periodical:: Hydrobiologia
Year:: 1998
Volume:: 385
Pages:: 23-32
Subject:: Lake Waiau Ultraviolet radiation Primary productivity (biology) Tropical lakes
Summary:: The aquatic photosynthetic community in Lake Waiau is exposed to intense solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) due to the high altitude and low latitude. There is a strong negative effect of UVR on photosynthesis both in the planktonic and benthic mat communities in the lake. The mats receive some protection from UVR-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), while the planktonic primary producers do not appear to have such protection and exhibit no net photosynthesis at midday.
Label:: Lake Waiau
URL:: http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1023/A:1003489121985
Date:: 1998
Collection:: Periodicals