How far down does UV penetrate? I'd imagine that most of the marine
bacteria are going to be on/near the bottom or attached to solid particles
in the water, and these particles might also shade any bacteria.
Rich Mateles
"Matt" <mattsn at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>> I am currently putting together a website specifically on the effects of
> ultraviolet radiation on marine bacteria, and on marine bacterial
> communities. I am interested in both the effects of UV radiation at the
> cellular and genetic level (such as mortality, genetic repair processes,
> photoremediation) and the effects on ecology and community composition. I
am
> currently searching the literature on this topic, and am coming up with
> somewhat scattered results. If anyone knows of any good sources of
> information for this project, or of any particularly good authors in this
> area, I'd really appreciate your input.
>> Thanks a lot!
>> Matt Sniatynski
> UBC Department of Biology
>>
