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ECOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LICHEN HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES IV. CARBON ALLOCATION AT LOW TEMPERATURES
Author(s) -
FARRAR J.F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb01604.x
Subject(s) - lichen , compartment (ship) , carbon fibers , ecology , botany , chemistry , environmental science , environmental chemistry , biology , geology , mathematics , oceanography , algorithm , composite number
SUMMARY A simple three‐compartment model is used to test the assertion that lichens show low incorporation of assimilate into structural material. Changing specific activities of three fractions equated with the compartments of the model are followed using carbon‐14. It is concluded that lichens show tight control over the synthesis of structural material.