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Stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and cryptogams

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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.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

326-333

Publication/Series

Biological Conservation

Volume

135

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • Fungi
  • Lichens
  • Mosses
  • Ozone depletion
  • Nitrogen fixation
  • Ferns
  • Algae
  • UV-B

Status

Published

Project

  • Photobiology

Research group

  • Photobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1873-2917