Fungal melanins as a sun screen for symbiotic green algae in the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 462-471

  Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a   Solhaug, Knut Asbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cortical transmittance; Lichen symbiosis; Photoprotection; Spectral characteristics; UVB

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; LICHEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 0035026119     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000541     Document Type: Article

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