Biodiversity of periphytic cyanobacteria and algae assemblages in polar region: a case study of the vicinity of Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station (King George Island, Antarctica)

• Published in: Biodiversity and Conservation
• Main Authors: Zębek, Elżbieta, Napiórkowska-Krzebietke, Agnieszka, Świątecki, Aleksander, Górniak, Dorota
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; Arctowski; Ecology Glacier; King George Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02219-2; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10531-021-02219-2.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-021-02219-2/fulltext.html

Abstract This study was carried out on periphytic cyanobacteria and algae assemblages of microbial mats in streams and small water bodies during the Antarctic summer of 2019 in the vicinity of Ecology Glacier (King George Island, Antarctica). The significantly diversified assemblages between the mic...