Desmids (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) community drivers and potential as a monitoring tool in South American peat bogs

• Published in: Hydrobiologia
• Main Authors: Gonzalez Garraza, Gabriela Carolina, Burdman, Luciana, Mataloni, Maria Gabriela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: DESMIDS; MONITORING TOOL; PEAT BOG; POOLS; TIERRA DEL FUEGO; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; San Martín; Gonzalez; Antártida; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/124161

Tierra del Fuego Island hosts the largest area of peatlands in the Southern Hemisphere, largely encompassing peat bogs where peat is actively formed and thus acting as carbon sinks. Under a scenario of increasing human pressure, the development of scientific tools for the characterization and monito...