Microbial and Ecological Investigations of Recent Cinder Cones, Deception Island, Antarctica‐‐A Preliminary Report

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Cameron, Roy E., Benoit, Robert E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1970
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Deception Island; Telefon Bay; The Cones; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1933972; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2307%2F1933972; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2307%2F1933972; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2307/1933972

Cinder cones that arose December 1967 within Telefon Bay, Deception Island, Antarctica, were investigated 1 year later to determine the establishment of microorganisms and cryptogams. Culture media were inoculated to determine the presence and abundance of algae, fungi, heteorotrophic and chemoautot...