Life at Rock Surfaces Challenged by Extreme Light, Temperature and Hydration Fluctuations

Life at Rock Surfaces Challenged by Extreme Light, Temperature and Hydration Fluctuations

Rock surfaces provide a challenging habitat for a broad diversity of micro- or small-sized organisms. They interact with each other forming complex communities as well with their substrate causing biodeterioration of rock. Extreme fluctuation in light, temperature and hydration are the main factors...

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Other Authors: Büdel, Burkhard (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb, Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Coleine, Claudia (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Cowan, Don A. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Darienko, Tatyana (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Friedl, Thomas (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb, Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Grube, Martin (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Hauer, Tomáš (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Jung, Patrick (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Kaštovský, Jan (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Komárek, Jiří (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Lebre, Pedro H. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Makhalanyane, Thulani P. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Muggia, Lucia (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Porembski, Stefan (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Ríos, Asunción de los (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Scheidegger, Christoph (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Selbmann, Laura (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Souza-Egipsy, Virginia (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter, [2021]
Series:Life in extreme environments ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Ecology.
Rocks.
Biogeochemistry.
Lichens.
algae.
cyanobacteria.
microbe.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.
EBSCO eBooks
Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2921050.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Volume published in the series
  • Contents
  • Contributing authors
  • 1 Functionality
  • 1.1 The interface of rocks and microorganisms
  • 1.2 The hypolithic habitat: microbial communities under translucent rocks
  • 2 Organisms
  • 2.1 Black fungi inhabiting rock surfaces
  • 2.2 Cyanobacteria on rock surfaces
  • 2.3 Lichens as pioneers on rock surfaces
  • 2.4 High alpine lichens
  • 2.5 Complex lichen communities inhabiting rock surfaces
  • 2.6 Eukaryotic algal communities of rock surfaces
  • 2.7 Desiccation-tolerant vascular plants: systematic distribution, ecology, and biogeography
  • Index

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