Impacts of long-term enhanced UV-B radiation on bryophytes in two sub-Arctic heathland sites of contrasting water availability

Annals of Botany

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-565

  Arroniz Crespo M ^a,e   Gwynn Jones, D ^b   Callaghan, T V ^a,c   Nunez Olivera E ^d   Martinez Abaigar J ^d   Horton, P ^a   Phoenix, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

chlorophyll fluorescence; Enhanced long term UV B; sporophytes; sub Arctic bryophytes; water availability; xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BRYOPHYTE; CHLOROPHYLL; GROWTH RATE; HEATHLAND; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOSS; OZONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPOROPHYTE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BRYOPHYTA; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; REPRODUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

ARCTIC;

BARBILOPHOZIA LYCOPODIOIDES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE;

EID: 80051977671     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr178     Document Type: Article

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