Morphological diversity of benthic cyanobacterial assemblages in meltwater ponds along environmental gradients in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica

• Published in: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
• Main Authors: CLAUDINEIA LIZIERI, CARLOS ERNESTO G.R. SCHAEFER, IAN HAWES
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2021
• Subjects: cyanobacteria; microbial mats; meltwater; ponds; Antarctica; Science; Q; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Ross Island; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202220210814; https://doaj.org/article/a9337e5d705348b686250b60ebdd7a47

Abstract Benthic cyanobacterial assemblages from ponds distributed along inland-coastal gradients in the McMurdo Sound region were studied during the 2011/12 Antarctic summer season. Twenty-five ponds were sampled in four distinct geographic locations, including the Lower and Upper Wright Valleys, R...