Osmotic stress and recovery in field populations of Zygnema sp. (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) on Svalbard (High Arctic) subjected to natural desiccation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 270-280

  Pichrtová, Martina ^a,b   Hájek, Tomáš ^a,c   Elster, Josef ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Green algae; Osmotic stress; Plasmolysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; STREPTOPHYTA; ZYGNEMA; ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMOLYSIS; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; ZYGNEMATALES;

GREEN ALGAE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLASMOLYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHLOROPHYLL; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SVALBARD; ZYGNEMATALES;

EID: 84905387474     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12288     Document Type: Article

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