Amazing Antarctica and its plant and animal diversity: a brief introduction
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, amazing place and fifth largest continent of this world covered with ice. This is a gift of nature in natural form. I have got an opportunity to visit the Larsemann Hills, Antarctica during Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The Larsemann Hills (69.20'...
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ftmyresearchjour:oai:ojs2.journals.myresearchjournals.com:article/8566 2023-10-01T03:49:44+02:00 Amazing Antarctica and its plant and animal diversity: a brief introduction Gupta, Pratibha 2016-10-01 https://myresearchjournals.com/index.php/anushandhan/article/view/8566 unknown MRI Publication Pvt. Ltd https://myresearchjournals.com/index.php/anushandhan/article/view/8566 Copyright (c) 2016 Anusandhan Vigyan Shodh Patrika http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Anusandhaan - Vigyaan Shodh Patrika; Vol 4 No 01 (2016): Anusandhan Vigyan Shodh Patrika; 42-47 2320-9267 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2016 ftmyresearchjour 2023-09-08T13:28:18Z Antarctica is the coldest, driest, amazing place and fifth largest continent of this world covered with ice. This is a gift of nature in natural form. I have got an opportunity to visit the Larsemann Hills, Antarctica during Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The Larsemann Hills (69.20'S to 69.30'S Latitude., 75.55'E to 76.30'E Longitude) is located approximately halfway between Vest fold Ilills and Amery Ice Shelf on South-eastern coast of Prydz Bay. Human activities in Larsemann Hills is promoted due to its coastal location, ice free landscape, Australian summer research base (Law base), Chinese research station (Zhongshan) and Russian research stations(Progress) were established within the area of 3 km from each other on eastern broknes. After that there was rapid infrastructure development in the area and further scientific research and the potential for tourist visits resulted in notable localised alteration of the environment, ultimately affecting the biodiversity. The Antarctic environment / climate is highly susceptible to the impacts of human activities and has much less natural ability to recover from disturbance than the environment of other continents. These changes ultimately affect the environment and growth of organisms. Larsemann Hills tep,sent the southernmost coastal oasis contains diverse flora and fauna, In flora-Bryophytes, Lichens and Algae were observed. Among algae mainly Cosmarium, Diatoms, Dinoflagellates and Cyanobacterial mats were observed from different water bodies and terrestrial habitats. As for as fauna is concerned breeding sea bird like Snow petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrel, South polar Slams was found. Besides this, Seals, Adelie Penguin and Emperor Penguin were occasionally observed in Larsemann Hills area. However, very little is known about the terrestrial micro fauna In lakes and streams species of protozoans, platyhelminths, rotifers, tardigrades, nematodes, arthropods, etc. have been reported. Article in Journal/Newspaper Adelie penguin Amery Ice Shelf Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Shelf Prydz Bay Snow Petrels MRJ - MyResearchJournals (MRI Publications Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) Antarctic The Antarctic Prydz Bay Indian Amery ENVELOPE(-94.063,-94.063,56.565,56.565) Amery Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(71.000,71.000,-69.750,-69.750) Larsemann Hills ENVELOPE(76.217,76.217,-69.400,-69.400) Zhongshan ENVELOPE(76.371,76.371,-69.373,-69.373) Broknes ENVELOPE(76.346,76.346,-69.391,-69.391) Law Base ENVELOPE(76.383,76.383,-69.383,-69.383) |
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Antarctica is the coldest, driest, amazing place and fifth largest continent of this world covered with ice. This is a gift of nature in natural form. I have got an opportunity to visit the Larsemann Hills, Antarctica during Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The Larsemann Hills (69.20'S to 69.30'S Latitude., 75.55'E to 76.30'E Longitude) is located approximately halfway between Vest fold Ilills and Amery Ice Shelf on South-eastern coast of Prydz Bay. Human activities in Larsemann Hills is promoted due to its coastal location, ice free landscape, Australian summer research base (Law base), Chinese research station (Zhongshan) and Russian research stations(Progress) were established within the area of 3 km from each other on eastern broknes. After that there was rapid infrastructure development in the area and further scientific research and the potential for tourist visits resulted in notable localised alteration of the environment, ultimately affecting the biodiversity. The Antarctic environment / climate is highly susceptible to the impacts of human activities and has much less natural ability to recover from disturbance than the environment of other continents. These changes ultimately affect the environment and growth of organisms. Larsemann Hills tep,sent the southernmost coastal oasis contains diverse flora and fauna, In flora-Bryophytes, Lichens and Algae were observed. Among algae mainly Cosmarium, Diatoms, Dinoflagellates and Cyanobacterial mats were observed from different water bodies and terrestrial habitats. As for as fauna is concerned breeding sea bird like Snow petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrel, South polar Slams was found. Besides this, Seals, Adelie Penguin and Emperor Penguin were occasionally observed in Larsemann Hills area. However, very little is known about the terrestrial micro fauna In lakes and streams species of protozoans, platyhelminths, rotifers, tardigrades, nematodes, arthropods, etc. have been reported. |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Prydz Bay Indian Amery Amery Ice Shelf Larsemann Hills Zhongshan Broknes Law Base |
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