Supported by National Outstanding Youth Fund (Grant No. 40125016);Major Grant of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40490000);Innova-tion Project of South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (Grant No. LYQY200301);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40076012);Guang-dong Provincial Project (Grant No. 2002A3050103).
Solar ultraviolet radiation B (UVB) is known to have inhibitive effects on phytoplankton photosynthesis. UVB light decreases rapidly with increasing depth in the water column and exerts different degrees of UVB inhibi...