Succession of Antarctic benthic algae (Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands): structural patterns and glacial impact over a four year period

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Campana, G. L., Zacher, Katharina, Deregibus, Dolores, Wiencke, Christian, Momo, Fernando, Quartino, M. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SPRINGER 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Outer Cove; Potter Cove; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/45340/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51546

There is a general lack of information on the succession of marine benthic algae in Antarctica. We performed two colonization experiments in the upper subtidal (3 and 5 metres depth) using artificial substrates in Potter Cove (South Shetland Islands): in the outer cove, an area mainly unaffected by...