Life in extreme environments: Survival strategy of the endolithic desert lichen Verrucaria rubrocincta

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 705-712

  Garvie, Laurence A J ^a   Knauth, L Paul ^a   Bungartz, Frank ^c,d   Klonowski, Stan ^a   Nash III, Thomas H ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^d Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Calcite; Endolithic lichen; Radiocarbon dating; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON 14; OXYGEN 18; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CROSS SECTION; DESERT; ENDOLITHON; LICHEN; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; LICHENS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VERRUCARIA RUBROCINCTA; ZONATION;

CALIFORNIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; LICHENS; LIFE; SEASONS;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

ALGAE; VERRUCARIA RUBROCINCTA;

EID: 46749151836     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0373-0     Document Type: Article

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