Functional analysis of the intrathalline and intracellular chlorophyll concentrations in the lichen family umbilicariaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-477

  Valladares, Fernando ^a,b   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^b   Ascaso, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal cells; chlorophyll concentration; lichens; light harvesting; net photosynthesis; stereology; thallus structure; Umbilicariaceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; TRACHEOPHYTA; UMBILICARIACEAE;

EID: 0029851402     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0144     Document Type: Article

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