Photobiology The Science of Life and Light /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. 2008. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72655-7 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Nature of Light and Its Interaction with Matter
- Principles and Nomenclature for the Quantification of Light
- Generation and Control of Light
- The Measurement of Light
- Light as a Tool for Biologists: Recent Developments
- Terrestrial Daylight
- Underwater Light
- Action Spectroscopy in Biology
- Spectral Tuning in Biology
- Photochemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and Regulation
- The Diversity of Eye Optics
- The Evolution of Photosynthesis and Its Environmental Impact
- Photosynthetic Light Harvesting, Charge Separation, and Photoprotection: The Primary Steps
- The Biological Clock and Its Resetting by Light
- Photoperiodism in Insects and Other Animals
- Photomorphogenesis and Photoperiodism in Plants
- The Light-Dependent Magnetic Compass
- Phototoxicity
- Ozone Depletion and the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation
- Vitamin D: Photobiological and Ecological Aspects
- The Photobiology of Human Skin
- Light Treatment in Medicine
- Bioluminescence
- Hints for Teaching Experiments and Demonstrations
- The Amateur Scientist’s Spectrophotometer.