Physiological effects of mercury in the lichens Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss and Peltigera rufescens (Weiss) Humb

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1030-1037

  Pisani, Tommaso ^a   Munzi, Silvana ^a   Paoli, Luca ^a   Bačkor, Martin ^b   Kováčik, Jozef ^b   Piovár, Juraj ^b   Loppi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cell membranes; Lichens; Mercury; Photosynthesis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FUNGI; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

CONCENTRATION OF PRODUCTS; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATION; LICHENS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PARAMETERS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CHLOROPHYLL; ERGOSTEROL; MERCURY; PIGMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOLOGY; ERGOSTEROL; LICHEN; LIPID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLADONIA ARBUSCULA; LICHENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PELTIGERA RUFESCENS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLADONIA ARBUSCULA; PELTIGERA RUFESCENS;

EID: 78651417949     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.062     Document Type: Article

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