PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY: ACTION OF LIGHT ON ANIMALS AND MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOBIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; BIOLUMINESCENCE

By EVELYN JONES

CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCTION CHAPTER LAKE ECOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UNDERWATER LIGHT FIELD DIRECT PHOTOLYSIS PROCESSES PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY OF ORGANIC MATTER AND ITS SIZE FRACTIONS EXCITATION–EMISSION MATRICES OF FLUORESCENCE – EEMF – FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC MATTER OF SURFACE WATERS PHOTOTRANSFORMATION INDUCED BY HO RADICALS THE ROLE OF SINGLET OXYGEN IN SURFACE WATER PHOTOCHEMISTRY PHOTOTRANSFORMATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS INDUCED BY IRON SPECIES PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS IN SURFACE WATERS USE OF CHEMOMETRICS AS A TOOL TO ASSESS PHOTOREACTION PHOTODEGRADATION NEW ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR THE DETECTION OF MICROPOLLUTANTS IN NATURAL WATERS: IDENTIFICATION OF 3,5-DICHLORO-4-HYDROXYBENZENE SULFONIC ACID AS AN UNKNOWN PERSISTENT POLLUTANT PHOTOCHEMICAL FATE OF MICROPOLLUTANTS IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS THROUGH FIELD STUDIES AND LABORATORY SIMULATION PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF IRGAROL IN WATER BY PHOTO-FENTON REACTIONS INTRODUCTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHOTOPHYSICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOCHEMISTRY 1 1 2 PHOTOSENSITISERS AND PHOTOINDUCED TRANSIENTS IN SURFACE WATERS 1 1 3 SEASONAL AND LONG-TERM VARIATIONS OF THE MAIN PHOTOSENSITISERS IN LAKE WATER 1 1 4 PHOTOINDUCED TRANSFORMATION OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS REFERENCES