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Mineral Element Accumulation in Bog Lichens

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Lichen Physiology and Cell Biology

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Lichens are slow growing and the lichen component of ecosystems is usually small. Lichens have, however, ecological and biogeochemical significance in some types of boreal heaths, forests and bogs (Wein and Speer, 1975; Rencz and Auclair, 1978), and as epiphytes in humid, subtropical-temperate swamps (Bosserman and Hagner, 1981). Furthermore, species of Cladonia (generally = Cladina*) have been used as monitoring organisms in order to survey the deposition of atmospheric metals in northern woodlands, bogs and tundra (Tomassini et al., 1976; Pakarinen et al., 1978; Puckett and Finegan, 1980; Glooschenko et al., 1981; Pakarinen, 1981a).

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Pakarinen, P. (1985). Mineral Element Accumulation in Bog Lichens. In: Brown, D.H. (eds) Lichen Physiology and Cell Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2527-7_13

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