Stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and cryptogams

Summary, in English

The stratospheric ozone layer, which protects the biosphere from biologically active (mostly harmful) ultraviolet-B (UV-B) solar radiation, thinned during the latter half of the 20th century. In this paper some of the effects of UV-B radiation on cryptogams (cyanobacteria, algae, lichens, mosses, liverworts, pteridophytes and fungi) are reviewed. Effects vary among species, and therefore changes in UV-B radiation may affect species frequencies. Effects also depend on other factors, such as water conditions.

• Författare: Lars Olof Björn
• Avdelning/ar: Molekylär cellbiologi
• Publiceringsår: 2007
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 326-333
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Biological Conservation
• Volym: 135
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.006
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Elsevier
• Ämne: Biological Sciences
• Nyckelord: Fungi; Lichens; Mosses; Ozone depletion; Nitrogen fixation; Ferns; Algae; UV-B
• Status: Published
• Projekt: Photobiology
• Forskningsgrupp: Photobiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1873-2917