Changes in spectral reflectance of selected Antarctic and South American lichens caused by dehydration and artificially-induced absence of secondary compounds

Author:

Barták Miloš,Hájek Josef,Amarillo Ana Carolina,Hazdrová Jana,Carreras Hebe

Abstract

Recently, spectral characteristics of lichens are in focus because of increasing number of spectral data applications in remote sensing of treeless polar and alpine regions. Therefore, species-specific spectral reflectance indices are measured in lichen species dominating polar ecosystems. Hydration status of the lichen thalli, as well as the presence of intrathalline secondary metabolites - which are UV-B absorbing compounds - both affects the spectral reflectance curves as well as numeric values of spectral reflectance indices. In the present paper, the reflectance spectra in 380-800 nm was measured in selected lichens to assess the effects of full hydration, and to evaluate the influence of secondary metabolites, they were wash out from lichen thalli with acetone (i.e. acetone rinsing) and then the spectra were also measured. For these experiments, Antarctic (Xanthoria elegans, Leptogium puberulum, Physconia muscigena and Rhizoplaca melanophthalma) and Argentinean lichens from mountain regions (Parmotrema conferendum and Ramalina celastri) were used. Changes in several spectral reflectance indices were evaluated and discussed in relation with hydration status and the absence of secondary metabolites. For the great majority of studied lichens, MCARI (Modified Chlorophyll Absorption in Reflectance Index) was the most effective index to reflect the changes between dry and wet state of thallus.

Publisher

Masaryk University Press

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Environmental Science

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