Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms
Abstract Continuous observations of Antarctic benthic diatoms are necessary to detect changes in species composition and biodiversity that may result from environmental changes. The present work provides a systematic list of benthic diatoms from Potter Cove (62.03°S 58.35°W) collected during summer...
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crdegruyter:10.1515/bot-2021-0066 2023-05-15T14:12:13+02:00 Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms Al-Handal, Adil Y. Torstensson, Anders Wulff, Angela 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0066 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bot-2021-0066/xml https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/bot-2021-0066/pdf en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Botanica Marina volume 65, issue 2, page 81-103 ISSN 0006-8055 1437-4323 Plant Science Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2022 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0066 2022-04-14T05:09:42Z Abstract Continuous observations of Antarctic benthic diatoms are necessary to detect changes in species composition and biodiversity that may result from environmental changes. The present work provides a systematic list of benthic diatoms from Potter Cove (62.03°S 58.35°W) collected during summer 2015. The new findings are compared with observations made 12 years ago (summer 2003). In total, 80 taxa were found, similar to that encountered earlier, but 17 species (21% of the total species number) were not observed in 2003, and 26 species (31%) of those reported in 2003 did not appear in 2015. The dominant species in 2003 and 2015 was the large epipelic and cosmopolitan Gyrosigma fasciola . Most of the species either newly observed in the present study, or absent in the present study but observed previously, occurred either rarely or very rarely. Gyrosigma arcuatum and Pleurosigma diversestriatum were newly observed in 2015 and not previously reported from polar regions. This study provides systematic and ecological information on all taxa encountered and is illustrated with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. We emphasize that ice-inhabiting and other benthic diatoms should be included when considering the biodiversity of polar diatoms. Thus, we hope that the present study will add a piece to the puzzle of climate change effects on the benthic diatoms in this vulnerable region and will complement earlier published species records in the area. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica King George Island De Gruyter (via Crossref) Antarctic King George Island Potter Cove Botanica Marina 0 0 |
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Abstract Continuous observations of Antarctic benthic diatoms are necessary to detect changes in species composition and biodiversity that may result from environmental changes. The present work provides a systematic list of benthic diatoms from Potter Cove (62.03°S 58.35°W) collected during summer 2015. The new findings are compared with observations made 12 years ago (summer 2003). In total, 80 taxa were found, similar to that encountered earlier, but 17 species (21% of the total species number) were not observed in 2003, and 26 species (31%) of those reported in 2003 did not appear in 2015. The dominant species in 2003 and 2015 was the large epipelic and cosmopolitan Gyrosigma fasciola . Most of the species either newly observed in the present study, or absent in the present study but observed previously, occurred either rarely or very rarely. Gyrosigma arcuatum and Pleurosigma diversestriatum were newly observed in 2015 and not previously reported from polar regions. This study provides systematic and ecological information on all taxa encountered and is illustrated with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. We emphasize that ice-inhabiting and other benthic diatoms should be included when considering the biodiversity of polar diatoms. Thus, we hope that the present study will add a piece to the puzzle of climate change effects on the benthic diatoms in this vulnerable region and will complement earlier published species records in the area. |
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Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms |
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Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms |
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Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms |
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Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms |
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Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms |
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revisiting potter cove, king george island, antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms |
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