Lichen diversity on glacier moraines in Svalbard
This paper contributes to studies on the lichen biota of Arctic glacier forelands. The research was carried out in the moraines of three different glaciers in Svalbard: Longyearbreen, Irenebreen and Rieperbreen. In total, 132 lichen taxa and three lichenicolous lichens were recorded. Eight species w...
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ftjagiellonuniir:oai:ruj.uj.edu.pl:item/41348 2024-05-19T07:35:38+00:00 Lichen diversity on glacier moraines in Svalbard Wietrzyk-Pełka, Paulina Węgrzyn, Michał Lisowska, Maja 2017 http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/41348 https://doi.org/10.7872/crym/v38.iss1.2017.67 eng eng Cryptogamie. Mycologie, T. 38, nr 1, s. 67-80 0181-1584 1776-100X doi:10.7872/crym/v38.iss1.2017.67 http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/41348 Arctic Irenebreen Rieperbreen Longyearbreen species richness artykuł w czasopiśmie 2017 ftjagiellonuniir https://doi.org/10.7872/crym/v38.iss1.2017.67 2024-04-19T00:08:18Z This paper contributes to studies on the lichen biota of Arctic glacier forelands. The research was carried out in the moraines of three different glaciers in Svalbard: Longyearbreen, Irenebreen and Rieperbreen. In total, 132 lichen taxa and three lichenicolous lichens were recorded. Eight species were recorded for the first time in the Svalbard archipelago: Arthonia gelidae, Buellia elegans, Caloplaca lactea, Cryptodiscus pallidus,Fuscidea kochiana, Merismatium deminutum, Physconia distorta, and Polyblastia schaereriana. One species, Staurothele arctica, was observed for the first time in Spitsbergen (previously recorded only on Hopen island). All the studied glaciers lie in Spitsbergen’s warm region. However, Kaffiøyra Plain, where Irenebreen is located, is characterized by higher levels of humidity, which may explain its different lichen composition compared to that of the other two moraines. The forelands of Rieperbreen and Longyearbreen are located in the same area of Svalbard, which is also the warmest and the driest and where high species diversity is expected. This proved to be true for the Rieperbreen moraine, but not for the Longyearbreen moraine, where species diversity was lowest. The expansion of tourism along Longyearbyen appears to be a major factor behind the poor development of lichen biota on the Longyearbreen moraine. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier Hopen Hopen island Longyearbreen Longyearbyen Svalbard Hopen Spitsbergen Jagiellonian University Repository Cryptogamie, Mycologie 38 1 67 80 |
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This paper contributes to studies on the lichen biota of Arctic glacier forelands. The research was carried out in the moraines of three different glaciers in Svalbard: Longyearbreen, Irenebreen and Rieperbreen. In total, 132 lichen taxa and three lichenicolous lichens were recorded. Eight species were recorded for the first time in the Svalbard archipelago: Arthonia gelidae, Buellia elegans, Caloplaca lactea, Cryptodiscus pallidus,Fuscidea kochiana, Merismatium deminutum, Physconia distorta, and Polyblastia schaereriana. One species, Staurothele arctica, was observed for the first time in Spitsbergen (previously recorded only on Hopen island). All the studied glaciers lie in Spitsbergen’s warm region. However, Kaffiøyra Plain, where Irenebreen is located, is characterized by higher levels of humidity, which may explain its different lichen composition compared to that of the other two moraines. The forelands of Rieperbreen and Longyearbreen are located in the same area of Svalbard, which is also the warmest and the driest and where high species diversity is expected. This proved to be true for the Rieperbreen moraine, but not for the Longyearbreen moraine, where species diversity was lowest. The expansion of tourism along Longyearbyen appears to be a major factor behind the poor development of lichen biota on the Longyearbreen moraine. |
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Lichen diversity on glacier moraines in Svalbard |
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Lichen diversity on glacier moraines in Svalbard |
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Lichen diversity on glacier moraines in Svalbard |
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Lichen diversity on glacier moraines in Svalbard |
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Lichen diversity on glacier moraines in Svalbard |
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lichen diversity on glacier moraines in svalbard |
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Cryptogamie. Mycologie, T. 38, nr 1, s. 67-80 0181-1584 1776-100X doi:10.7872/crym/v38.iss1.2017.67 http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/41348 |
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