Photobiology The Science of Life and Light /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Björn, Lars Olof (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Evolutionary Biology.; Plant Physiology.

Since the publication of the first edition in 2002, there has been an explosion of new knowledge in the field of photobiology. Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light, Second edition, is fully updated and offers eight new chapters for a comprehensive look at photobiology. The chapters cover all...

Table of Contents:

• The Nature of Light and Its Interaction with Matter
• Principles and Nomenclature for the Quantification of Light
• Generation and Control of Light
• The Measurement of Light
• Light as a Tool for Biologists: Recent Developments
• Terrestrial Daylight
• Underwater Light
• Action Spectroscopy in Biology
• Spectral Tuning in Biology
• Photochemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and Regulation
• The Diversity of Eye Optics
• The Evolution of Photosynthesis and Its Environmental Impact
• Photosynthetic Light Harvesting, Charge Separation, and Photoprotection: The Primary Steps
• The Biological Clock and Its Resetting by Light
• Photoperiodism in Insects and Other Animals
• Photomorphogenesis and Photoperiodism in Plants
• The Light-Dependent Magnetic Compass
• Phototoxicity
• Ozone Depletion and the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation
• Vitamin D: Photobiological and Ecological Aspects
• The Photobiology of Human Skin
• Light Treatment in Medicine
• Bioluminescence
• Hints for Teaching Experiments and Demonstrations
• The Amateur Scientist’s Spectrophotometer.