Desiccation tolerance of three moss species from continental Antarctica

• Main Authors: Robinson, Sharon A., Wasley, J., Popp, M., Lovelock, C. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Online 2000
• Subjects: Bryum pseudotriquetrum; Ceratodon purpureus; chlorophyll fluorescence; Grimmia antarctici; stachyose; soluble carbohydrates; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://ro.uow.edu.au/scipapers/49; https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=scipapers

Tolerance of desiccation was examined in three species of moss, Grimmia antarctici Card., Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. and Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) Gaertn., Meyer et Scherb. collected from two sites of contrasting water availability in the Windmill Islands, continental Antarctica. Physiol...