Structural and functional adaptations of epilithic lichens of Umbilicaria genus in the White Sea coastal conditions

• Main Authors: Sonina, Anzhella V., A.Tsunskaya, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2016
• Subjects: coastal zone; lichens of Umbilicaria genus; anatomy; physiology; adaptations; White Sea; Keret; Keret’; Kolezhma
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12895

Anatomical and physiological characteristics (width of anatomical layers and the amount of photosynthetic pigments) of two epilithic lichen species Umbilicaria torrefacta (Lightf.) Schrader and U. deusta (L.) have been studied. The study took place on the supralittoral zone on the coast of the White...