| Oceanography > Issues > Archive > Volume 14 > Issue 3 |
2001, Oceanography 14(3):96–97, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2001.31
BOOK REVIEW | The Effects of UV Radiation in the Marine Environment
Book Information | Reviewer | First Paragraph | Full Review | Citation
Book Information
The Effects of UV Radiation in the Marine Environment
Edited by Stephen de Mora, Serge Demers, and Mafia Vernet, Cambridge University Press,
ISBN 0521632188, 320 pages
Reviewer
John J. Cullen | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
First Paragraph
Interest in the effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on the marine environment surged after the Antarctic ozone hole was discovered in the mid 1980s. Much of the ensuing research has focused on quantifying the potential influence of stratospheric ozone depletion on primary productivity, the survival of marine organisms, food web processes and biogeochemical cycling. Generally, this problem is approached by using experiments to assess the wavelength-dependent biological or photochemical effects of UV radiation (280 - 400 nm), especially UV-B (280 - 320 nm). Properly quantified results can be used in models to estimate the impacts of UV in nature and how they would differ in response to enhanced UV-B associated with ozone depletion.
Full Review
Citation
Cullen, J.J. 2001. Review of The Effects of UV Radiation in the Marine Environment, edited by S. de Mora, S. Demers, and M. Vernet. Oceanography 14(3):96–97, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2001.31.