Photosynthetic performance in Antarctic lichens with different growth forms reflect the diversity of lichenized algal adaptation to microhabitats

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Cao, Shunan, Zhang, Jie, Zheng, Hongyuan, Liu, Chuanpeng, Zhou, Qiming
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; King George Island; Great Wall Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/popore-2015-0012; http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/36/2/article-p175.xml; https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2015.36.issue-2/popore-2015-0012/popore-2015-0012.pdf

Abstract Lichens, as typical obligate associations between lichenized fungi and their photosynthetic partners, are dominant in Antarctica. Three Antarctic lichens, Ochrolechia frigida, Umbilicaria antarctica, and Usnea aurantiacoatra with different growth forms, were sampled nearby the Great Wall St...