Heterocytous cyanobacteria of the Ulu Peninsula, James Ross Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Komárek, J. (Jiří), Genuario, D. B., Fiore, M.F., Elster, J. (Josef)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Cyanoprokaryotes with heterocytes; taxonomy; ecology; Antarctic habitats; Antarctic; Ross Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Ulu Peninsula; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1609-4; http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0249681

The Antarctic cyanobacterial microflora is one of the main components of the diversity of freshwater phototrophic communities in coastal areas. It is little known according to the modern taxonomic criteria (polyphasic approach). Populations of heterocytous cyanobacteria from Ulu Peninsula, the north...