Description: Section 1 -- General.- Is provitamin D a UV-B receptor in plants?.- (Poly)phenolic compounds in pollen and spores of Antarctic plants as indicators of solar UV-B: a new proxy for the construction of past solar UV-B?.- The direct effects of UV-B radiation on Betula pubescens litter decomposing at four European field sites.- Section 2 -- Terrestrial Plants and Terrestrial Ecosystems.- The reduction of aboveground Calamagrostis epigeios mass and tiller number by enhanced U V-B in a dune-grassland ecosystem.- The influence of enhanced UV-B radiation on the spring geophyte Pulmonaria officinalis.- The growth, flower properties and demography of Anthemis arvensis exposed to enhanced UV-B radiation.- Section 3 -- Arctic and Antarctic Plants and Ecosystems.- Short-term impacts of enhanced UV-B radiation on photo-assimilate allocation and metabolism: a possible interpretation for time-dependent inhibition of growth.- Field research on the effects of UV-B filters on terrestrial Antarctic vegetation.- The effects of altered levels of UV-B radiation on an Antarctic grass and lichen.- Consequences of depletion of stratospheric ozone for terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems: the response of Deschampsia antarctica to enhanced UV-B radiation in a controlled environment.- Section 4 -- Interactions of UV-B Radiation with Other Factors of Terrestrial Environments.- Reduction of ambient UV-B radiation does not affect growth but may change the flowering pattern of Rosmarinus officinalis L..- UV-B and PAR in single and mixed canopies grown under different UV-B exclusions in the field.- The response of Vicia faba to enhanced UV-B radiation under low and near ambient PAR levels.- Growth under UV-B radiation increases tolerance to high-light stress in pea and bean plants.- Nutrient availabilityinfluences UV-B sensitivity of Plantago lanceolata.- Increased solar UV-B radiation may reduce infection by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in dune grassland plants: evidence from five years of field exposure.- Combined effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and additional nutrients on growth of two Mediterranean plant species.- Effects of UV-B radiation and additional irrigation on the Mediterranean evergreen sclerophyll Ceratonia siliqua L. under field conditions.- Combined effects of CO2 concentration and enhanced UV-B radiation on faba bean.- Enhanced UV-B radiation, artificial wounding and leaf chemical defensive potential in Phlomis fruticosa L..- Section 5 -- Aquatic Plants and Aquatic Ecosystems.- Responses of aquatic algae and cyanobacteria to solar UV-B.- Effects of UV-B radiation on a charophycean alga, Chara aspera.- Differential sensitivity to natural ultraviolet radiation among phytoplankton species in Arctic lakes (Spitsbergen, Norway).- The photoprotective role of humus-DOC for Selenastrum and Daphnia.- Species Index.

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