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One-third of the earth’s crust is occupied by land, and this supports a terrestrial vegetation receiving the full visible range of the sun’s radiation. The other two-thirds of the earth’s surface is occupied by the world’s oceans, and these heavily filter the incident radiation. Even at a few meters’ depth, the absorbing and scattering properties of water profoundly alter the light spectrum and reduce the intensity compared to that at the sea’s surface. As a consequence, aquatic plants have evolved a variety of lightharvesting pigment systems for trap** those portions of the visible spectrum available. In contrast, only one light-harvesting pigment system has become dominant in terrestrial plants.
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Jeffrey, S.W. (1980). Algal Pigment Systems. In: Falkowski, P.G. (eds) Primary Productivity in the Sea. Environmental Science Research, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3890-1_3
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