Moss inhabiting diatoms of Galindez Island, Argentine Islands (the maritime Antarctica) exhibit low diversity and pronounced differentiation

• Main Authors: Chattová, Barbora, Zotov, Andrii, Parnikoza, Ivan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic region; Bacillariophyceae; diatoms; ecology; mosses; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Ross Island; Argentine; Argentine Islands; Galindez; Galindez Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/25399

The moss-inhabiting diatom flora has been surveyed for the first time on the Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, the maritime Antarctica. Altogether, 23 diatom taxa belonging to 9 genera were identified. Diatom taxa distribution exhibited considerable variability across the samples and lower species...