Ecology of periphyton in a meltwater stream ecosystem in the maritime Antarctic

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: ELSTER, JOSEF, KOMAREK, ONDREJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2003
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; King George Island; Petrified Forest Creek; Ornithologists Creek; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102003001226; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102003001226

The ecology of two meltwater streams on King George Island, Ornithologists Creek (with penguin rookeries close to its lower reaches) and Petrified Forest Creek (a highly oligotrophic system), was studied during the 1996–97 summer season. To estimate seasonal productivity of the periphyton and to est...