Boucher, VL/ Nash, TH", III 1990: The role of the fruticose lichen Ramalina menziesii in the annual turnover of biomass and macronutrients in a blue oak woodland. - Botanical Gazette151(1): 114-118. [RLL List # 142 / Rec.# 2179] Keywords: BIOMASS/ ECOLOGY/ CALIFORNIA/ RAMALINA/ ANNUAL TURNOVER
Abstract: 2 tables. 2 figures. [Study conducted in central coastal California. "Ramalina menziesii represented an average of 94% of total epiphytic lichens by weight. Ramalina biomass was estimated to turn over 29% per yr and as a consequence this lichen contributed 13% N, 4% P, 7% K, 1% Ca, 3% Mg, and 8% Na of the annual canopy nutrient turnover. Although the study area is much drier than those of other similar studies, R. menziesii contributed as much to biomass and nutrient turnover as other epiphytic lichens from wetter locations."]