The nitrogen fixation potential of arctic cryptogram species is influenced by enhanced UV-B radiation

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 90-93

  Solheim, Bjørn ^a   Johanson, Ulf ^b   Callaghan, Terry V ^c,d   Lee, John A ^c   Gwynn Jones, Dylan ^e   Björn, Lars O ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Box 117 ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Abisko Naturvetenskapliga Station   (Sweden)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic cryptograms; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; UV B

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; LICHEN; MOSS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OZONE DEPLETION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; PELTIGERA APHTHOSA; SANIONIA UNCINATA;

EID: 0036934269     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0963-z     Document Type: Article

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