UV-B radiation arising from stratospheric ozone depletion influences the pigmentation of the Antarctic moss Andreaea regularis

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Newsham, K K ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Carotenoids; Flavonoids; UV B screening pigments

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; MOSS; OZONE DEPLETION; PIGMENT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTICA; ROTHERA POINT;

ANDREAEA; ANDREAEA REGULARIS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0038695059     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1191-x     Document Type: Article

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