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UV absorption by gerrid cuticles 1
Author(s) -
Douek Maurice,
Goring David A. I.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1978.23.3.0554
Subject(s) - absorbance , cuticle (hair) , mangrove , dorsum , absorption (acoustics) , habitat , perpendicular , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , biology , materials science , chromatography , anatomy , composite material , geometry , mathematics
Halobates is exposed to continuous insolation at the sea surface throughout its life. Although the UV‐absorbance spectrum of its dorsal cuticle (260–450 nm) is similar to those of related species from inshore and freshwater habitats where shelter from sunlight is available, the UV absorbance of the cuticle in a direction perpendicular to its outer surface is much higher in Halobates than in a mangrove‐dwelling Rheumatobates or a stream‐dwelling Gerris .