Freezing and desiccation injury resistance in the filamentous green alga Klebsormidium from the Antarctic, Arctic and Slovakia

Biologia

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-851

  Elster, Josef ^a,b   Degma, Peter ^c   Kováčik, L'Ubomír ^c   Valentová, Lucia ^c   Šramková, Katarína ^c   Batista Pereira, Antonio ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algal adaptation; Antarctic; Arctic; Freezing and desiccation; Green algae; Klebsormidium; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; KLEBSORMIDIUM;

EID: 57349149050     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0111-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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