Meaning of tintenstriche | Babel Free

Definitions

A biotic community formed by various species of cyanobacteria, lichens, and algae that stains rock faces with a black or blue color.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Carl decided to investigate the Tintenstriche or black streaks coursing down the granite walls of the valley.”

“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.”

“Many species creating these Tintenstriche can be found in cyanobacteria-dominated biofilms all over the world.”

“At 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.”

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