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Old 20-02-2003, 05:55 PM
Ron Kundla
 
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Default algae, spectrum, light

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...6481.Bc.r.html

This one is interesting because it says that photosystems in plants
can ONLY use red light. The photosynthetic pigments absorb light at
different wavelengths and 'down-convert' it to red light. This
includes things from trees all the way down to blue-green algae!