Physiological attributes of the lichen Cladonia pleurota in heavy metal-rich and control sites near Sudbury (Ont., Canada)

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-159

  Backor M ^a   Fahselt, D ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Chlorophyll a integrity; Copper; Elemental analysis; Iron; Lichen substances; Nickel; Photobionts; Soil analysis; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LICHEN;

CLADONIA; CLADONIA PLEUROTA;

EID: 4444257906     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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