Does UV-B influence biomass growth in lichens deficient in sun-screening pigments?

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 215-221

  Larsson, Per ^a   Večeřová, Kristýna ^b   Cempírková, Hana ^b   Solhaug, Knut Asbjørn ^a   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Lobaria pulmonaria; Melanins; Temperature; UV B; Xanthoria aureola

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LICHEN; PIGMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA; XANTHORIA AUREOLA;

EID: 69349095125     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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