Ultraviolet-absorbing scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acid derivatives in exposed, rock-inhabiting cyanobacterial lichens

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Budel B ^a   Karsten, U ^b   Garcia Pichel, F ^c  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial lichens; Mycosporine glycine; Scytonemin; Sunscreens; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038471438     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050296     Document Type: Article

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