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Nitrogen Analyses of New Zealand and Antarctic Lichens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

L. G. Greenfield
L. G. Greenfield
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Abstract

The results of nitrogen (N) analyses of 14 New Zealand and 23 Antarctic lichens are reported. Eight percent of the total lichen N occurs in the form of amino sugars, 5° as nucleic acids and 80° as proteins and amino acids. It is concluded that when lichens decompose they may represent a good N resource that may be important in ecosystems.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 377 - 381
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1992

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