Bjorn L.O. (ed.) Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light

Rd Edition. — Springer, 2015. — 455 p. — ISBN
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 of the book covers all organisms: how light is used by organisms for obtaining energy for life processes, for gathering information about the environment, and for communicating with others of the same or other species. The book also describes "bad" effects of light in causing disease or contributing to formation of environmental toxins. New techniques used by scientists to investigate life processes using light are also explored in the volume
Written by experts in the field, Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light, 3e is a valuable and accessible resource for both advanced undergraduates and established researchersThe 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 Cross Talk 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