Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems /
"Beginning systematically with the fundamentals, the fully-updated third edition of this popular graduate textbook provides an understanding of all the essential elements of marine optics. It explains the key role of light as a major factor in determining the operation and biological compositio...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
c2011.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface to the third edition
- Part I. The Underwater Light Field
- Concepts of hydrologic optics
- Incident solar radiation
- Absorption of light within the aquatic medium
- Scattering of light within the aquatic medium
- Characterizing the underwater light field
- The nature of the underwater light field
- Remote sensing of the aquatic environment
- Part II. Photosynthesis in the Aquatic Environment
- The photosynthetic apparatus of aquatic plants
- Light capture by aquatic plants
- Photosynthesis as a function of the incident light
- Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment
- Ecological strategies.