Seasonal Trends in Nitrogen Status of Antarctic Lichens

• Published in: Annals of Botany
• Main Author: Hovenden, MJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Ltd 2000
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Plant Biology; Plant Physiology; Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Windmill Islands; Clark Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1006/anbo.2000.1248; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/20493

The thallus nitrogen (N) concentration of two dominant macrolichens of continental Antarctica (Usnea sphacelata and Umbilicaria decussata) was estimated each month for I year on a low rounded knoll on Clark Peninsula, Windmill Islands, Wilkes Land, Antarctica. Thallus N was significantly higher in U...