Phylogenetic diversity and dominant ecological traits of freshwater Antarctic Chrysophyceae

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Izaguirre, Irina, Unrein, Fernando, Schiaffino, María Romina, Lara, Enrique, Singer, David, Balagué, Vanessa, Gasol, Josep M., Massana, Ramon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: 18S ILLUMINA HISEQ; ANTARCTIC LAKES; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CLONE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Hope Bay; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/165353

Previous studies conducted in summer in the lakes at Hope Bay (Antarctic Peninsula) between 1991 and 2007 showed a large numerical contribution of flagellated Chrysophyceae to the phytoplankton communities, particularly in the oligotrophic lakes, as evidenced by light microscopy observations and mol...