Plasticity and acclimation to light reflected in temporal and spatial changes of small-scale macroalgal distribution in a stream

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 418, 2005, Pages 2047-2058

  Ensminger, Ingo ^a,b   Foerster, Julia ^a,c   Hagen, Christoph ^a   Braune, Wolfram ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Environmental conditions; Freshwater algae; Photoinhibition; Spatial distribution; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY; QUANTUM THEORY; RIVERS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION; FRESHWATER ALGAE; PHOTOINHIBITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; XANTHOPHYLL CYCLE;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; VAUCHERIA;

FRESH WATER;

ADAPTATION; ALGA; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24944534124     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri203     Document Type: Article

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