O. L. Lange, T. G. A. Green, A. Meyer and H. Zellner 2007: Water relations and carbon dioxide exchange of epiphytic lichens in the Namib fog desert. - Flora202: 479-487. [RLL List # 208 / Rec.# 29615] Keywords: WATER RELATIONS/ CO2 EXCHANGE/ NAMIB DESERT/ FOG DESERT/ PHOTOSYNTHESIS/ HETERODERMIA/ RAMALINA/ XANTHORIA/ DEW/ SOUTHERN AFRICA/ ECOPHYSIOLOGY
Abstract: [Study on Heterodermia namaquana, Ramalina lacera and Xanthoria turbinata showed " ... response patterns very similar to the epilithic and epigaeic species at the same site. All three species, despite their different morphologies, performed optimally at the highest nocturnal moistening achieved by natural fog and were not able to make use of higher hydration."]