| Title | Response of Estuarine Diatom Assemblages to Ultraviolet-B Radiation (290-320 nm) |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1985 |
| Authors | Brooker, D. L., R. C. Worrest, and U.S.Environmental Protection Agency |
| Volume | EPA/600/D-85/016 |
| Pagination | 14 p. |
| Date Published | January_1985 |
| Institution | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Guin Yaquina File, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | aquatic vegetation, biological, diatoms, light, population biology, primary production, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | "Artificial substrates colonized by diatoms from Yaquina Estuary, Oregon, were exposed to solar visible radiation and three levels of ultraviolet radiation (UV-B, 290-320 nm). . . The results indicated that daily exposure to enhanced levels of UV-B radiation was associated with a decrease in species diversity of benthic diatom assemblages during all experiments after four weeks of growth. However, changes in taxonomic structure were not accompanied by a significant depression in chlorophyll a concentration, biomass, or radiocarbon uptake. In fact, in some experiments enhanced levels of UV-B radiation appeared to have a stimulatory effect on the latter parameters." *from the Abstract) |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/qj72p771p |
| Label | 7960 |
