Ultraviolet-B-induced cyclobutane-pyrimidine dimer formation and repair in arctic marine macrophytes

• Main Authors: van de Poll, W.H., Hanelt, D, Hoyer, K., Buma, A.G.J., Breeman, Arno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: INDUCED DNA-DAMAGE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; UV-RADIATION; SOLAR-RADIATION; OZONE DEPLETION; EXCISION-REPAIR; AMINO-ACIDS; GROWTH-RATE; ARABIDOPSIS; PHOTOLYASE; Arctic; Kongsfjord; Kongsfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/4e7c878d-9d57-4cf9-85c3-ae812cb6f191; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/4e7c878d-9d57-4cf9-85c3-ae812cb6f191

The significance of ultraviolet-B radiation (UVBR: 280-315 nm)-induced DNA damage as a stress factor for Arctic marine macrophytes was examined in the Kongsfjord (Spitsbergen, 78degrees55.5'N, 11degrees56.0'E) in summer. UVBR penetration in the water column was monitored as accumulation of...