Demmig-Adams, B/ Adams, WW", III/ Czygan, FC/ Schreiber, U/ Lange, OL 1990: Differences in the capacity for radiationless energy dissipation in the photochemical apparatus of green and blue-green algal lichens associated with differences in carotenoid composition. - Planta180(4): 582-589. [RLL List # 142 / Rec.# 4217] Keywords: ALGAE/ ENERGY DISSIPATION/ CAROTENOIDS/ CHEMISTRY/ ADAPTATIONS/ PHOTOPROTECTION/ ZEAXANTHIN
Abstract: 2 tables. 4 figures. ["We conclude that the pronounced difference in the capicity for photoprotective energy dissipation in the antenna chlorophyll (zeaxanthin-containing) green algal lichens and (zeaxanthin-free) blue-green algal lichens is related to the presence or absence of zeaxanthin, and that this difference can explain the greater susceptibility to high-light stress in lichens with blue-green phycobionts."]