Algae and aquatic macrophytes responses to cope to ultraviolet radiation - a review.
Algae and aquatic macrophytes responses to cope to ultraviolet radiation - a review.
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DOI:
10.9755/ejfa.v24i6.527545
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
Pessoa, M. F.
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作者:
Pessoa, M. F.
UV radiation has become an important issue since awareness of the ozone hole in Antarctica and the relationship between human activity, the depletion of the ozone layer, and the effects of ultraviolet radiation in the biologically relevant wavebands on algae and on organisms in general. All aquatic organisms depend on algae and aquatic plants for food and shelter; they also provide oxygen and sequester carbon dioxide, so a disturbance in this trophic layer creates a global unbalancing. Harmful effects of UV, especially UV-B, were studied in the laboratory and the field and reported in scientific reports from a large team of scientists. UV-induced repair mechanisms allowing the survival of certain species under UV irradiation are widely documented in algae species, and in phytoplankton of all aquatic systems (freshwater, marine and brackish water). This study provides an overview of the available literature on the ultraviolet-B (UV-B-lambda=280-315 nm) and UV-A radiation (lambda=315-400 nm) concerning the strategies of protection developed by aquatic photoautotrophs (micro and macroalgae, and aquatic macrophytes, like seagrasses and liverworts) to cope with these wavebands of radiation. It includes studies on prokaryotic cyanobacteria, haptophytes, diatoms, dinoflagellates, red algae, brown algae and chlorophytes from freshwater (ponds and lakes) to the marine littoral and the open ocean. It also reports available studies concerning marine and freshwater plants exposed to UV irradiation.