Bound water freezing in Antarctic Umbilicaria aprina from Schirmacher Oasis

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 342-352

  Haranczyk H ^a   Nowak, P ^a   Bacior, M ^a   Lisowska, M ^a   Marzec, M ^a   Florek, M ^a   Olech, M A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

DSC; Foliose lichenized fungi; Freezing resistance; Lichens; NMR

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; UMBILLICARIA APRINA;

EID: 84874931612     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000041     Document Type: Article

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