Life at Rock Surfaces : : Challenged by Extreme Light, Temperature and Hydration Fluctuations / / ed. by Burkhard Büdel, Thomas Friedl.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Büdel, Burkhard,; Coleine, Claudia,; Cowan, Don A.,; Darienko, Tatyana,; Friedl, Thomas,; Grube, Martin,; Hauer, Tomáš,; Jung, Patrick,; Kaštovský, Jan,; Komárek, Jiří,; Lebre, Pedro H.,; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.,; Muggia, Lucia,; Porembski, Stefan,; Ríos, Asunción de los,; Scheidegger, Christoph,; Selbmann, Laura,; Souza-Egipsy, Virginia,
• HerausgeberIn: Büdel, Burkhard,; Friedl, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Life in Extreme Environments , 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 244 p.)

Rock surfaces provide a challenging habitat for a broad diversity of micro- or small-sized organisms. They interact with each other forming complex communities as well with their substrate causing biodeterioration of rock. Extreme fluctuation in light, temperature and hydration are the main factors...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Volume published in the series
• Contents
• Contributing authors
• 1 Functionality
• 1.1 The interface of rocks and microorganisms
• 1.2 The hypolithic habitat: microbial communities under translucent rocks
• 2 Organisms
• 2.1 Black fungi inhabiting rock surfaces
• 2.2 Cyanobacteria on rock surfaces
• 2.3 Lichens as pioneers on rock surfaces
• 2.4 High alpine lichens
• 2.5 Complex lichen communities inhabiting rock surfaces
• 2.6 Eukaryotic algal communities of rock surfaces
• 2.7 Desiccation-tolerant vascular plants: systematic distribution, ecology, and biogeography
• Index