Some aspects of the moss population development on the Svalbard glaciers

• Main Authors: Belkina, Olga A., Vilnet, Anna A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2015
• Subjects: mosses; glaciers; cryoconite; protonema; Schistidium abrupticostatum; succession; Svalbard; Billefjorden; Bertilbreen; glacier; Iceland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12874

Glaciers are rather unusual habitat for mosses, but sometimes they can be suitable for some species due to presence of sufficient moisture and cryoconite substrate in the ablation zone. To date, moss populations were found only on a few glaciers in Alaska, Iceland and Svalbard. An origin and develop...