Photosynthetic symbionts in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems: The physiological response of lichen photobionts to drought and cold

Symbiosis

Volumn 58, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 81-90

  Sadowsky, Andres ^a   Ott, Sieglinde ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Freezing; Isolated photobionts; Photosystem II; Rehydration; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FREEZING; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LICHEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; REHYDRATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTICA; CANADA; CARAPACE NUNATAK; EAST ANTARCTICA; GOTLAND; ROTHERA POINT; SWEDEN; VICTORIA ISLAND [CANADA]; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; TREBOUXIA;

EID: 84874935339     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: 18787665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-012-0198-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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