MULEC, Janez and Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ. Diversity of bryophytes in show caves in Slovenia and relation to light intensities. Acta carsologica. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademia znanosti in umetnosti, 2010, vol. 39, No 3, p. 587–596. ISSN 0583-6050.
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Original name Diversity of bryophytes in show caves in Slovenia and relation to light intensities
Authors MULEC, Janez and Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ.
Edition Acta carsologica, Ljubljana, Slovenska akademia znanosti in umetnosti, 2010, 0583-6050.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher Slovenia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 0.750
Organization unit Faculty of Science
UT WoS 000287836300015
Keywords in English caves; bryophytes; lampenflora; PPFD; Slovenia
Changed by Changed by: RNDr. Svatava Kubešová, učo 18604. Changed: 31/1/2011 17:36.
Abstract
In subterranean environments phototrophic organisms can grow only in the proximity of light sources. In a study from eight Slovenian show caves and two mines, equipped for tourist visits, 37 taxa of Bryophyta and Pteridophyta were identified. The most frequent organisms were mosses Amblystegium serpens, Brachythecium sp., Eucladium verticillatum and Fissidens taxifolius. The highest diversity of bryophytes was recorded in Mežica mine. Bryophytes were collected at wide range of photosynthetic photon flux densities (PPFD) from 0.2 to 530.0 micro-mol photons/m2/s. Eucladium verticillatum had the highest span of PPFDs. Bryophytes compensate for low PPFD with longer exposure to light irradiance. Recolonization of lampenflora in show caves where bleach is applied to prevent its growth is still successful at sites that are exposed to long periods of irradiance and high PPFDs.
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