SNOW ALGAE OF THE WINDMILL ISLANDS, CONTINENTAL ANTARCTICA: DESMOTETRA AUREOSPORA, SP. NOV. AND D. ANTARCTICA, COMB. NOV. (CHLOROPHYTA)

• Published in: Journal of Phycology
• Main Author: Ling, Hau U.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Guano; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Australian Antarctic Division
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.037001160.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1529-8817.2001.037001160.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.037001160.x

Two cryophilic Desmotetra species, D. aureospora , sp. nov., and D. antarctica (Fritsch) Ling appear to be unique to the southern hemisphere snow ecosystem, or at least to the Windmill Island region, Antarctica. They have not been encountered in previous extensive studies of the Arctic and northern...