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Arctic biota has during the evolutionary process adapted to an extreme geophysical environment with low temperatures, extensive snow cover and a large annual variation in solar radiation. During recent years, it has become evident that climatic and stratospheric changes impose new challenges for the Arctic ecosystems with expected major changes and increased variability of the climatic parameters, as well as significant increases in biologically damaging UV radiation, especially in the Arctic (IPCC 2000). Since the Antarctic ozone hole was discovered (Farman et al. 1985), significant ozone depletion events have been detected within the Arctic polar stratospheric vortex during the recent years (Rex et al. 1997). As a consequence, the surface UV radiation has also increased (Madronich et al. 1994, 1998).
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Ørbæk, J.B., Svenøe, T., Hessen, D.O. (2002). Spectral Properties and UV Attenuation in Arctic Freshwater Systems. In: Hessen, D.O. (eds) UV Radiation and Arctic Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 153. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56075-0_3
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