Green, TGA/ Snelgar, WP/ Brown, DH 1981: Carbon dioxide exchange in lichens. Carbon dioxide exchange through the cyphellate lower cortex of Sticta latifrons Rich. - New Phytologist88: 421-426. [RLL List # 111-31 / Rec.# 7014] Keywords: STICTA/ NEW ZEALAND/ CO2 EXCHANGE/ CYPHELLAE/ WATER RELATIONS/ PHYSIOLOGY
Abstract: 1 table. 2 figures. [New Zealand material was studied using an infrared gas analyzer. "The results provide strong circumstantial evidence for the suggestion that cyphellae act as air pores and the possible importance of such pores in the water relations of the species discussed."]