Life at Rock Surfaces - Challenged by Extreme Light, Temperature and Hydration Fluctuations (Hardcover)

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 that determine the rock surface habitats. The habitat includes epilithic organisms which thrive on the surface without penetrating the rock, endolithic organisms which live just beneath the surface using a thin layer of the rock surface for protection against adverse conditions of the environment (e.g. light protection, storage of water) and chasmo-endolithic organisms which use fractures of the rock surface for a more habitable environment. The book will provide an overview of the various organismal groups, from prokaryotes to vascular plants and arthropods, as well as survey organism-mediated interactions with the rock surface. The latter include biogenic weathering (biogeochemistry, state-of-the art imaging methods), photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation at and inside the rock surface.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Life in Extreme Environments
Release date:	June 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Burkhard Budel • Thomas Friedl
Dimensions:	240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-064261-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > Biodiversity Promotions
LSN:	3-11-064261-1
Barcode:	9783110642612

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