Environmental UV Radiation: Impact on Ecosystems and Human Health and Predictive Models Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Environmental UV Radiation: Impact on Ecosystems and Human Health and Predictive Models Pisa, Italy June 2001 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ghetti, Francesco (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Checcucci, Giovanni (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bornman, Janet F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 57
• Θέματα: Environment.; Plant ecology.; Climate change.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Environmental health.; Ecotoxicology.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Climate Change.; Plant Ecology.; Environmental Health.

This volume originates from the NATO Advanced Study Institute Environmental UV Radiation: Impact on Ecosystems and Human Health and Predictive Models, held in Pisa, Italy in June 2001. The Institute was sponsored and mainly funded by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division, whose constant contribution...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Historical Overview of Ozone Trends and Future Scenarios
• Basic Concepts of Radiation
• Solar Radiation and Its Measurement
• Medical and Environmental Effects of UV Radiation
• Quantification of Biological Effectiveness of UV Radiation
• Use and Evaluation of Biological Spectral UV Weighting Functions for the Ozone Reduction Issue
• Response to UV-B Radiation: Weighting Functions and Action Spectra
• Eldonet — European Light Dosimeter Network
• Genetic and Molecular Analysis of DNA Damage Repair and Tolerance Pathways
• UV-B and UV-A Radiation Effects on Photosynthesis at the Molecular Level
• Potential Effects of UV-B on Photosynthesis and Photosynthetic Productivity of Higher Plants
• Detecting Stress-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants Under UV Stress
• Non-Damaging and Positive Effects of UV Radiation on Higher Plants
• Impact of UV Radiation on the Aquatic Environment
• Underwater Radiation Measurements: Consequences of an Increased UV-B Radiation
• Influence of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters
• Impact of UV Radiation on Rice-Field Cyanobacteria: Role of Photoprotective Compounds
• Effect of UV-B Radiation on Ciliated Protozoa
• UV Radiation, DNA Damage, Mutations and Skin Cancer
• Ultraviolet Radiation and the Eye
• Student Abstracts.