| Main Title |
Action Spectra and Their Key Role in Assessing Biological Consequences of Solar UV-B Radiation Change. |
| Author |
Caldwell, M. M. ;
Camp, L. B. ;
Warner, C. W. ;
Flint, S. D. ;
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| CORP Author |
Utah State Univ., Logan.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. |
| Year Published |
1987 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/D-87/006; |
| Stock Number |
PB87-147138 |
| Additional Subjects |
Plants(Botany) ;
Solar ultraviolet radiation ;
Radiation effects ;
Ozone ;
Radiation damage ;
Biological radiation effects
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB87-147138 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
29p |
| Abstract |
Action spectra of ultraviolet (UV) damage to plants must be used as weighting functions to (1) evaluate the relative increase of solar UV radiation that would result from a decreased atmospheric ozone layer, the radiation amplification factor--RAF; (2) evaluate the existing natural gradients of solar UV irradiance on the earth; (3) compare UV radiation from lamp systems in experiments with solar UV radiation in nature. Only if the relevant biological action spectra have certain characteristics is there a potential biological problem that would result from ozone reduction. Similarly, the existence of a natural latitudinal solar UV gradient is dependent on action spectrum characteristics. |
