Calcium oxalate and sulphate-containing structures on the thallial surface of the lichen Ramalina lacera: Response to polluted air and simulated acid rain

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1591-1604

  Garty, J ^a   Kunin, P ^a   Delarea, J ^a   Weiner, S ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomineralization; Calcium oxalate; Gypsum; Lichen; Ramalina lacera

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; WEDDELLITE; WHEWELLITE;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMINERALIZATION; LICHEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTION; CRYSTAL; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; LICHEN; PLANT RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THALLUS;

RAMALINA; RAMALINA LACERA;

EID: 0036899426     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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