Abstract
Abstract Sun and shade samples of two aquatic bryophytes, the moss Fontinalis antipyretica and the liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia, were collected from a mountain stream and cultivated in the laboratory under two artificially imposed radiation regimes: control (only photosynthetically active radiation, PAR) and UV-B (PAR + UV-B). Samples were cultured at 2°C for 78 hr under continuous radiation to determine whether the physiological responses of the two bryophytes to UV-B radiation depended on their previous field acclimation to sun or shade conditions. We also aimed to study whether the short-term effects of UV-B were similar to those caused by longer exposure. Fontinalis antipyretica was more sensitive to UV-B treatment than Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia, showing significant decreases in several physiological variables indicative of vitality: PN rates, OD430/OD410, OD665/OD665a and especially Fv/ Fm. This higher sensitivity occurred in both sun and shade samples of th...
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