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Ozone depletion and effects of ultraviolet radiation

In English

Författare

Redaktör

  • Lars Olof Björn

Summary, in English

Because of the stratospheric ozone depletion that took place during the last decades of the past century, the effects of ultraviolet radiation on plants, animals, humans and micro-organisms became intensively studied. In this chapter we describe the role of the ozone layer as a radiation shield and various molecular and organismal effects of ultraviolet radiation, with an emphasis on the UV-B band (280-315 nm), which is strongly affected by the ozone content of the atmosphere. Also physiolical protection mechanisms and repair systems are briefly treated.

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

503-530

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Photobiology — The science of life and light, 2nd. ed.

Dokumenttyp

Del av eller Kapitel i bok

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Biological Sciences

Nyckelord

  • Ozone Ultraviolet radiation UV-B Stratosphere Spectrum DNA Thymine CPD Dewar photoisomer (6-4)photoproduct Photoreactivation Photolyase ROS Reactive oxygen species Lipid peroxidation Apoptosis Aquatic life Terrestrial life Eye damage Snow-blindness Photokeratitis Cataract Melanoma Cancer WHO

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Photobiology

Forskningsgrupp

  • Photobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-0-387-72654-0