The spatial structures of hypolithic communities in the Dry Valleys of East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ríos, Asunción de los, Cary, Craig, Cowan, Don
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Educación (España)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: Antarctica; Biofilms; Cyanobacteria; EPS; Hypoliths; Moss; East Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Miers Valley; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/121734; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1564-0

Received: 27 May 2014 / Revised: 19 August 2014 / Accepted: 21 August 2014 / Published online: 31 August 2014 Hypolithic communities represent important reservoirs of microbial life in hyper-arid deserts. A number of studies on the diversity and ecology of these communities from different geographic...