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Ion equilibrium in lichen surrounding.

Andrzej Kłos·Małgorzata Rajfur·Maria Wacławek·Witold Wacławek
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In laboratory conditions, the ionic equilibriums between a solution and a cation-active layer of epiphytic lichens Hypogymnia physodes immersed in the solution were examined. It was found that such equilibriums, due to exchange of mobile cations: H, Na, K, Ca, and Mg, are established in natural conditions between a lichen and atmospheric water.

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Andrzej Kłos, Małgorzata Rajfur, Maria Wacławek, Witold Wacławek. 2005. Ion equilibrium in lichen surrounding.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2004.04.006

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