NITROGEN FIXATION BY LICHENS ON GLACIAL DRIFT IN ICELAND

• Published in: New Phytologist
• Main Author: CRITTENDEN, P. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1975
• Subjects: Sólheimajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb01337.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-8137.1975.tb01337.x; https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb01337.x

Summary Species of Peltigera Willd. and Stereocaulon Schreb. are among the most abundant macrolichens in the developing and older Rhacomitrium heaths on glacial drift at Sólheimajökull. The crustaceous Placopsisgelida (L.) Linds. is also a common pioneer lichen on rocks. These species contain a blue...