The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Reef Corals and the Sun-Screening Role of Mycosporine-like Amino Acids

Shallow-dwelling scleractinian corals live in high irradiance environments where they are exposed to large fluxes of ultraviolet radiation (UVR, 280 - 400 nm). A suite of UV-aborbing compounds, know as mycosporine-like amino acids, is found within the tissues of coral-algal symbioses and may perform...

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Main Author: Kuffner, Ilsa Boysen
Format: Others
Language:en-US
Published: University of Hawai'i, Honolulu 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/15319