Physiological and morphological effects of long-term ammonium or nitrate deposition on the green and red (shade and open grown) Sphagnum capillifolium

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-148

  Manninen, S ^a   Woods, C ^b   Leith, I D ^b   Sheppard, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Chlorophyllose cells; Hyaline cells; Nitrate; Water content

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ANATOMY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOSS; NITRATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM CAPILLIFOLIUM;

EID: 79957813002     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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