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Stable carbon isotope analysis of mosses and lichens growing in xeric and moist habitats

TitleStable carbon isotope analysis of mosses and lichens growing in xeric and moist habitats
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1981
AuthorsTeeri JA
JournalThe Bryologist
Volume84
Pagination82-84
KeywordsPHOTOSYNTHESIS
Abstract

The carbon isotope ratios were measured for six species of lichens and seven species of mosses in northern Michigan. All species appear to utilize C3 photosynthesis to take up atmospheric CO2. The lichens had a mean isotope ratio that was 2.4% more positive than the mean value for the mosses, and the difference was significant at the 0.01 level of probability.