Summer activity patterns for mosses and lichens in Maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Schroeter, Burkhard, Green, T.G. Allan, Pintado, Ana, Türk, Roman, Sancho, Leopoldo G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410201700027x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410201700027X

Abstract Within Antarctica there are large gradients both in climate and in vegetation which offer opportunities to investigate links between the two. The activity (% total time active) of lichens and bryophytes in hydric and xeric environments was monitored at Livingston Island (62°39'S). This...