Environmental UV Radiation: Impact on Ecosystems and Human Health and Predictive Models : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Environmental UV Radiation: Impact on Ecosystems and Human Health and Predictive Models Pisa, Italy, June 2001 - Ghetti, Francesco; Checcucci, Giovanni; Bornman, Janet F.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
Historical Overview of Ozone Trends and Future Scenarios -- Basic Concepts of Radiation -- Solar Radiation and Its Measurement -- Medical and Environmental Effects of UV Radiation -- Quantification of Biological Effectiveness of UV Radiation -- Use and Evaluation of Biological Spectral UV Weighting Functions for the Ozone Reduction Issue -- Response to UV-B Radiation: Weighting Functions and Action Spectra -- Eldonet - European Light Dosimeter Network -- Genetic and Molecular Analysis of DNA Damage Repair and Tolerance Pathways -- UV-B and UV-A Radiation Effects on Photosynthesis at the Molecular Level -- Potential Effects of UV-B on Photosynthesis and Photosynthetic Productivity of Higher Plants -- Detecting Stress-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants Under UV Stress -- Non-Damaging and Positive Effects of UV Radiation on Higher Plants -- Impact of UV Radiation on the Aquatic Environment -- Underwater Radiation Measurements: Consequences of an Increased UV-B Radiation -- Influence of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters -- Impact of UV Radiation on Rice-Field Cyanobacteria: Role of Photoprotective Compounds -- Effect of UV-B Radiation on Ciliated Protozoa -- UV Radiation, DNA Damage, Mutations and Skin Cancer -- Ultraviolet Radiation and the Eye -- Student Abstracts.
Keywords: Radiation protection; Radiation-Safety measures; Climate change; Plant ecology; Environmental health; Ecotoxicology; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Climate Change; Plant Ecology; Environmental Health; Ecotoxicology