Respiration-induced weathering patterns of two endolithically growing lichens

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-43

  Weber, Bettina ^a   Scherr, Claudia ^a   Bicker, Fritz ^a   Friedl, Thomas ^b   Büdel, Burkhard ^a  

^a France   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; ENDOLITHON; FUNGUS; LICHEN; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAGNESIUM; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; RESPIRATION; ROCK; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; AUSTRIA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; LICHENS; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; AUSTRIA; CALCIUM; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LICHENS; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALGAE; HYMENELIA;

EID: 78650150889     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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