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Ultraviolet-Light-Absorbing Tunic Cells in Didemnid Ascidians Hosting a Symbiotic Photo-oxygenic Prokaryote, Prochloron.
- Source :
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Biological Bulletin . Apr2003, Vol. 204 Issue 2, p109. 5p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Focuses on a study which localized the ultraviolet-absorbing substances in the tissues of two colonial didemnid ascidians that contain the symbiotic photo-oxygenic prokaryote Prochloron sp. Risks posed by ultraviolet radiation for organisms in marine environments; Information on mycosporine-like amino acids; Reception of light for photosynthesis.
- Subjects :
- *SEA squirts
*DIDEMNIDAE
*PROCHLORON
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00063185
- Volume :
- 204
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Biological Bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9680854
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1543546