Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the third edition
  • Part I. The Underwater Light Field
  • Concepts of hydrologic optics
  • Incident solar radiation
  • Absorption of light within the aquatic medium
  • Scattering of light within the aquatic medium
  • Characterizing the underwater light field
  • The nature of the underwater light field
  • Remote sensing of the aquatic environment
  • Part II. Photosynthesis in the Aquatic Environment
  • The photosynthetic apparatus of aquatic plants
  • Light capture by aquatic plants
  • Photosynthesis as a function of the incident light
  • Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment
  • Ecological strategies.