Photosynthetic recovery following desiccation of desert green algae (Chlorophyta) and their aquatic relatives

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1240-1255

  Gray, Dennis W ^a,b   Lewis, Louise A ^a   Cardon, Zoe G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Desert crust; Light stress; Photodamage; Photoprotection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DESICCATION; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REHYDRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; CHAROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34548152561     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01704.x     Document Type: Article

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