Successional Processes in Antarctic Benthic Algae

• Main Authors: Campana, Gabriela Laura, Zacher, Katharina, Momo, Fernando Roberto, Deregibus, Dolores, Debandi, Juan Ignacio, Ferreyra, Gustavo Adolfo, Ferrairo, Marta E., Quartino, Maria Liliana
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: EARLY COLONIZERS; ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; GRAZING; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; ROCKY SUBSTRATE; UV RADIATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Dolores; Sarmiento; Antarc*; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/195666

Despite the importance of benthic algal communities to Antarctic coastal ecosystems, much information about their dynamics is still needed. Primary succession processes in the Antarctic benthos are frequently initiated by ice-mediated disturbance and by the creation of denuded substrate following gl...