Ultraviolet B screening potential is higher in two cosmopolitan moss species than in a co-occurring Antarctic endemic moss: Implications of continuing ozone depletion

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2282-2296

  Dunn, Jodie L ^a   Robinson, Sharon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Anthocyanins; Grimmia antarctici; Ozone hole; Relative humidity; Temperature; Ultraviolet radiation; UVB screening pigments

Indexed keywords

GROWING SEASON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOSS; OZONE DEPLETION; PIGMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYUM PSEUDOTRIQUETRUM; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; GRIMMIA ANTARCTICI; SCHISTIDIUM ANTARCTICI;

EID: 33845261815     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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