NASA SOHO Mission,Yohkoh science team

Ecological impacts of

UV-B radiation

Introduction

Links

For ozone and UV information:

http://www.theozonehole.com/climate.htm

http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/

http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/SEES/ozone/oz_class.htm

Details of the Montreal Protocol can be found at:

http://www.unep.org/ozone/Treaties_and_Ratification/2B_montreal_protocol.asp

For the Ecology of UV:

http://www.lehigh.edu/%7Einuvlake/UVecology/ecologyhome.html

teacher resources:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session5/sess5_act2.htm

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session5/sess5_act1.htm

http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/teacher/teacher.html

UV-B background information
Spatial and temporal distributions

Organismal effects and responses

Molecular photobiology

Microorganisms

Plants

Animals

Impacts on ecosystems

Conclusion
References
Links
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