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Action Spectroscopy in Biology

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Action spectroscopy is a method for identifying the light-absorbing chromophore in a photobiological or biochemical process by comparing the efficiency of radiation of different wavelengths in driving the process. This chapter explains the principle and gives several examples from the history of biology of what has been achieved using this technique.

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  1. School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

    Lars Olof Björn

  2. Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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Björn, L.O. (2015). Action Spectroscopy in Biology. In: Björn, L. (eds) Photobiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1468-5_8

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