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Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems
- Title
- Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems / John T.O. Kirk.
- Author
- Kirk, John T. O. (John Thomas Osmond), 1935-
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QK882 .K53 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 509 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-490) and indexes.
- Contents
- Pt. I. The underwater light field. 1. Concepts of hydrologic optics. 2. Incident solar radiation. 3. Absorption of light within the aquatic medium. 4. Scattering of light within the aquatic medium. 5. Characterizing the underwater light field. 6. The nature of the underwater light field. 7. Remote sensing of the aquatic environment -- Pt. II. Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment. 8. The photosynthetlc apparatus of aquatic plants. 9. Light capture by aquatic plants. 10. Photosynthesis as a function of the incident light. 11. Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment. 12. Ecological strategies.
- ISBN
- 0521453534 (hc)
- 0521459664 (pb)
- LCCN
- 93037395
- OCLC
- 28928285
- ocm28928285
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries