Material collected during the years 1995–2011 was used to describe the distribution and
environmental preferences of charophyte species in Estonian lakes and its coastal Baltic …

Under the sponsorship of the French Society of Phytosociology, the definition of the
Charetea, including the associations and subassociations, is proposed at European level …

Photosynthetic pigments may indicate the health and productivity of vegetation and thereby
are among the most important targets of the remote-sensing science. We studied the …

Within the northeastern part of the Black Sea, the vegetation of charophytes was studied
using the Braun-Blanquet approach. For the first time, five communities are described …

Today one of the greatest global environmental issues is ocean acidification, which is
directly related to our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Ocean acidification is defined as a …

Until recently, the protein-coding region of the human genome was considered to be the
most relevant portion, as it encodes the functional building blocks of the organism. However …

Loss of biodiversity is a major concern. Some conservation measures have been notable
successes, but the current level of conservation action is outweighed by the magnitude of …

Introduction of a vast number of biomolecules with high therapeutic potential into
experimental medical and clinical practice is hampered by the poor plasma membrane …

Energy allocation between reproduction and self-maintenance is a key life history trade-off.
Therefore, forces that provoke constant renewal of an organism's tissues are investigated to …

Sensing changes in the environment and rapidly responding to them is the key for bacterial
survival. One of the most important regulatory systems, the stringent response, is …