Locating water in the dehydrated thallus of lichens from extreme microhabitats (Antárctica)

• Main Authors: Ascaso, Carmen, Souza-Egipsy, Virginia, Sancho, Leopoldo G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: J. Cramer in der Gebr. Borntraeger 2003
• Subjects: Scanning Electron Microscopy in Back Scattered Mode(SEM-BSE); Lichens; Low Temperature Scaning Electron Microscopy (LTSEM); Water relations; Antárctica; EPS; Antarctic; Burton; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/108730

Nueve páginas y 6 figuras Microbial ecology deals with interactions among microorganisms, between microorganisms and their environment, and with water relations in the microhabitat. In the desiccated state, many lichens tolérate long periods of intense stress. The present report describes the use of...