Meanings
- countableuncountableA biotic community formed by various species of cyanobacteria, lichens, and algae that stains rock faces with a black or blue color.
Carl decided to investigate the Tintenstriche or black streaks coursing down the granite walls of the valley.
1988, Elizabeth Stone O'Neill, Mountain Sage: The Life Story of Carl Sharsmith, Yosemite Ranger/naturalist3 more examples
On a Scytonemu-dominated xeric tintenstriche in northern England, the heterocyst density in the trichomes was found to be significantly higher than on an adjacent mesic tintenstriche and in nearby streams.
2007, B.A. Whitton, editor, The Ecology of Cyanobacteria: Their Diversity in Time and SpaceMany species creating these Tintenstriche can be found in cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms all over the world.
2012, S. Porembski, Inselbergs: Biotic Diversity of Isolated Rock Outcrops in Tropical and Temperate RegionsAt Malham Cove, England, where coccoid cyanobacteria formed dark tintenstriche on an 80-m high south-facing limestone cliff rarely exposed to water, the effect was studied (Pentecost 1982) of cleaning a streak consisting of Chlorogloea microcystoides and Gloeocapsa spp.
2012, Brian A. Whitton, Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time
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