INDEX OF ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE (IES) AS A TOOL TO PHYTOSSOCIOLOGICAL AND CONSERVATION STUDIES FOR MOSS SPECIES IN ADMIRALTY BAY AREA, KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA.

The Antarctic plant distribution depends on the environmental factors, like geomorphological conditions, as surface's stability, rock type and aeolian erosion. It establishes clear home ranges, leading some mosses species to be highly correlated to local geomorphology. During the austral summer...

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Main Authors: Victoria, Filipe de Carvalho, Pereira, Antônio Batista
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Portuguese
Published: Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservação 2017
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/article/view/8059
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Summary:The Antarctic plant distribution depends on the environmental factors, like geomorphological conditions, as surface's stability, rock type and aeolian erosion. It establishes clear home ranges, leading some mosses species to be highly correlated to local geomorphology. During the austral summer 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 we carried out ecological studies at the ice-free areas adjoining the Polish Station Henri Arctowski and the Point Hennequim localities, both in the Admiralty Bay, inside of the King George Island, to study community structure of mosses in these areas. This work presented potentials threats for the more representative moss species in these region, using the ecological value index as a tool for phytosociological and conservation studies. Ninenth, for fifty-eigth species of mosses know for Admiralty Bay area occur more frequently. Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske and Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedw.) G. L. Smith show as low threats and Bryum amblyodon Müll. Hal., Ditrichum hyalinum Mitt. Kuntze, Pohlia drumondii (Müll. Hal.) A.L. Andrews and Schistidium falcatum (Hook. f. et Wils.) B. Bremer appear as the most threatened species, especialy by the human presence in the region. A distribuição das comunidades vegetais antárticas é dependente das condições ambientais e também das condições pedogeomorfológicas, como estabilidade da superfície, tipo de rocha e erosão eólica. São estabelecidos nítidos limites de sobrevivência, fazendo com que certas espécies de musgos sejam altamente especializadas à geomorfologia local. Durante os verões austrais 2003/2004 e 2004/2005 foram realizados estudos fitossociológicos, nas áreas de degelo adjacentes a Estação Polonesa Henri Arctowski e em Ponta Hennequim, ambas na Baía do Almirantado, Ilha Rei George, objetivando estudar a estrutura das comunidades de musgos nas áreas de degelo. Neste trabalho analisamos as ameaças potenciais às espécies de musgos mais freqüentes nestas comunidades utilizando o índice de valor ecológico (IES) como ferramenta de apoio aos estudos ...