Nash, TH", III/ Lange, OL 1988: Responses of lichens to salinity: concentration and time-course relationships and variability among Californian species. - New Phytologist109: 361-367. [RLL List # 135 / Rec.# 13359] Keywords: CALIFORNIA/ PHYSIOLOGY/ SALINITY/ DENDROGRAPHA/ PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA/ EVERNIA/ RAMALINA/ PHOTOSYNTHESIS/ RESPIRATION
Abstract: 3 figures. 2 tables. ["Sensitivity to salinity varied widely among 12 Californian lichen species occurring along a coastal to inland gradient, with the degree of sensitivity being approximately proportional to the distance from the coast where the species grew." Authors also conclude, "The results of the experiments with different solutions at equal osmotic potentials indicate that the sensitive species are responding to both osmotic and salt ion effects. These species may provide a good system for investigating mechanisms involved in purely osmotic versus ionic effects."]