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Stratospheric Ozone Reduction, Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Plant Life

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Robert C. Worrest

    1. Department of General Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
      Environmental Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

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  2. Martyn M. Caldwell

    1. Department of Range Science and the Ecology Center Utah State University, Logan, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries G: (ASIG, volume 8)

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Agents and Effects of Ozone Trends in the Atmosphere

    • G. Brasseur, A. De Rudder
    Pages 1-28

  3. Inconsistencies in Current Photochemical Models Deduced from Considerations of the Ozone Budget

    • U. Schmailzl, P. J. Crutzen
    Pages 29-47

  4. Computation of Spectral Distribution and Intensity of Solar UV-B Radiation

    • Robert Rundel
    Pages 49-62

  5. A New UV-B Handbook, Vol. 1

    • S. A. W. Gerstl, A. Zardecki, H. L. Wiser
    Pages 63-74

  6. Possible Errors Involved in the Dosimetry of Solar UV-B Radiation

    • B. L. Diffey
    Pages 75-86

  7. Action Spectra and Their Key Role in Assessing Biological Consequences of Solar UV-B Radiation Change

    • M. M. Caldwell, L. B. Camp, C. W. Warner, S. D. Flint
    Pages 87-111

  8. Action Spectra for Inactivation and Mutagenesis in Chinese Hamster Cells and Their Use in Predicting the Effects of Polychromatic Radiation

    • F. Zölzer, J. Kiefer
    Pages 113-118

  9. Dose and Dose-Rate Responses to UV-B Radiation: Implications for Reciprocity

    • F. R. de Gruijl, H. J. C. M. Sterenborg, H. Slaper, J. C. van der Leun
    Pages 119-126

  10. Cellular Repair and Assessment of UV-B Radiation Damage

    • C. S. Rupert
    Pages 127-137

  11. Repair of Genetic Damage Induced by UV-B (290–320 nm) Radiation

    • R. M. Tyrrell
    Pages 139-149

  12. Physiological Responses of Yeast Cells to UV of Different Wavelengths

    • J. Kiefer, M. Schall, A. Al-Talibi
    Pages 151-159

  13. Effects of UV-B Radiation on Photosynthesis

    • William B. Sisson
    Pages 161-169

  14. Effect of UV Irradiation on Different Partial Reactions of the Primary Processes of Photosynthesis

    • G. Renger, M. Voss, P. Gräber, A. Schulze
    Pages 171-184

  15. Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Fluorescence Induction Kinetics in Isolated Thylakoids and Intact Leaves

    • L. O. Björn, J. F. Bornman, E. Olsson
    Pages 185-197

  16. Fine structural effects of UV radiation on leaf tissue of Beta vulgaris

    • J. F. Bornman, R. F. Evert, R. J. Mierzwa, C. H. Bornman
    Pages 199-209

  17. Comparative Sensitivity of Binucleate and Trinucleate Pollen to ultraviolet Radiation: A Theoretical Perspective

    • S. D. Flint, M. M. Caldwell
    Pages 211-222

  18. The Effect of Enhanced Solar UV-B Radiation on Motile Microorganisms

    • D.-P. Häder
    Pages 223-233

  19. UV-B Radiation and Adaptive Mechanisms in Plants

    • C. J. Beggs, U. Schneider-Ziebert, E. Wellmann
    Pages 235-250

  20. Leaf UV optical properties of Rumex patientia L. and Rumex obtusifolius L. in regard to a protective mechanism against solar UV-B radiation injury

    • R. Robberecht, M. M. Caldwell
    Pages 251-259
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Inadvertent alterations of the earth's atmosphere by man's activities are now of regional and even global proportion. Increasing concern has been focused in the last decade on consequences of acid rain, carbon dioxide enrichment of the atmosphere and reduction of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The latter two problems are of truly global scale. This book focuses on the atmospheric ozone reduction problem and the potential consequences for plant life. unlike carbon dioxide enrichment, reduction of the total atmospheric ozone column has not yet taken place to a noticeable degree -- it is a problem of the future. The processes leading to ozone reduction involve time periods on the scale of decades. However, by the same token, if society finds ozone reduction to be unacceptable it will take even longer for the process to be reversed. Thus, anticipation of the consequences of ozone reduction is of obvious importance. Speculation of the possibility of ozone reduction first appeared in the early 1970's and was focused on the consequences of the injection of large quantities of nitrogen oxides into the upper atmosphere by supersonic aircraft flying at high altitudes. Other sources of nitrogen oxides originating from the earth's surface were also considered. With further refinement, the concerns of nitrogen oxide pollution of the upper atmosphere were diminished since the quantities likely to be involved were insufficient to cause a serious threat to the ozone layer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of General Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

    Robert C. Worrest

  • Environmental Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, USA

    Robert C. Worrest

  • Department of Range Science and the Ecology Center Utah State University, Logan, USA

    Martyn M. Caldwell

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