Dispersal of the moss Campylopus pyriformis on geothermal ground near the summits of Mount Erebus and Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Skotnicki, Mary, Selkirk, Patricia M, Broady, P, Adam, K D, Ninham, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: British Antarctic Survey
• Subjects: Keywords: Antarctica; climate; gametophyte; genetic variability; geographic distribution; molecular evolution; mountain; mutation; plant dispersal; random amplified polymorphic DNA; genetic variation; geothermal system; moss; volcano; Antarctica; Bryophyta; bryophy Campylopus pyriformis; Genetic diversity; Geothermal ground; RAPDs; Victoria Land; Ross Island; Mount Erebus; Mount Melbourne; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/92601; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102001000396

Mount Melbourne in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, is a glaciated 2733 m volcanic cone. The moss Campylopus pyriformis occurs on two small areas of steam-warmed snow-free ground near its summit. This moss species also occurs in temperate regions world-wide, but has not been recorded elsewhere in...