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Climate control of biological UV exposure in polar and alpine aquatic ecosystems

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    Warwick F Vincent, Milla Rautio & Reinhard Pienitz

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Vincent, W.F., Rautio, M., Pienitz, R. (2007). Climate control of biological UV exposure in polar and alpine aquatic ecosystems. In: Ørbæk, J.B., Kallenborn, R., Tombre, I., Hegseth, E.N., Falk-Petersen, S., Hoel, A.H. (eds) Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48514-8_14

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