Photobiology The Science of Light and Life

Photobiology The Science of Light and Life / edited by Lars Olof Björn.

The new edition of this authoritative text provides an interdisciplinary treatise of all aspects of the interactions between light and the living world. It starts with a description of the physics of light, and how to deal with it in experiments and observations. The phenomena described in the rest...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Björn, Lars Olof (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:3rd ed. 2015.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant science.
Botany.
Plant anatomy.
Plant development.
Evolutionary biology.
Plant physiology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 I: Pigments
  • Spectral Tuning in Biology II: Structural Color
  • Photoactive Proteins
  • Molecules and Photochemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and Regulation
  • Photoreceptive Proteins and Their Evolution
  • Signaling Crosstalk under the Control of Plant Photoreceptors
  • The Diversity of Eye Optics
  • The Evolution of Photosynthesis and Its Environmental Impact
  • Photosynthetic Light Harvesting
  • How Light Resets Circadian Clocks
  • 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-Promoted Infection
  • Bioluminescence
  • Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in the Origin of Life
  • Hints for Teaching Experiments and Demonstrations
  • The Amateur Scientist’s Spectrophotometer.

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