Light, Temperature, and Desiccation Effects on Photosynthetic Activity, and Drought-Induced Ultrastructural Changes in the Green Alga Klebsormidium dissectum (Streptophyta) from a High Alpine Soil Crust

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-63

  Karsten, Ulf ^a   Holzinger, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; STREPTOPHYTA; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL; STREPTOPHYTA; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; KLEBSORMIDIALES; KLEBSORMIDIUM; KLEBSORMIDIUM DISSECTUM; STREPTOPHYTA;

EID: 84855591969     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9924-6     Document Type: Article

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