The impact of UV-B and sulphur- or copper-containing solutions in acidic conditions on chlorophyll fluorescence in selected Ramalina species

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 266-273

  Garty, J ^a   Tamir, O ^a   Levin, T ^a   Lehr, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bisulphite; Ca; CuSO4; Fv Fm; Lichens; Photosynthetic quantum yield of photosystem II; Simulated acid rain

Indexed keywords

BISULPHITE; LICHENS; QUANTUM YIELD; SIMULATED ACID RAIN;

ACID RAIN; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; FLUORESCENCE; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACID; BISULFITE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; COPPER ION; SULFUR;

CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; FLUORESCENCE; LICHEN; SULFUR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; LICHEN; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM YIELD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; LICHENS; LIGHT; NITRIC ACID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT PROTEINS; SULFITES; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACIDS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

RAMALINA; RAMALINA LACERA; RAMALINA MACIFORMIS;

EID: 33750008889     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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