Widespread colonization by polar hypoliths

High-latitude polar deserts are among the most extreme environments on Earth. Here we describe a large and previously unappreciated habitat for photosynthetic life under opaque rocks in the Arctic and Antarctic polar deserts. This habitat is created by the periglacial movement of the rocks, which al...

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Published in:Nature
Main Authors: Cockell, Charles S., Stokes, M. Dale
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Nature 2004
Subjects:
Biology and Microbiology
Ecology and Environment
Antarctic
Arctic
Antarc*
polar desert
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12132/
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v431/n7007/full/431414a.html
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spelling ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:12132 2023-05-15T13:45:10+02:00 Widespread colonization by polar hypoliths Cockell, Charles S. Stokes, M. Dale 2004 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12132/ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v431/n7007/full/431414a.html unknown Nature Cockell, Charles S.; Stokes, M. Dale. 2004 Widespread colonization by polar hypoliths. Nature, 431 (7007). 414. https://doi.org/10.1038/431414a <https://doi.org/10.1038/431414a> Biology and Microbiology Ecology and Environment Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2004 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1038/431414a 2023-02-04T19:27:47Z High-latitude polar deserts are among the most extreme environments on Earth. Here we describe a large and previously unappreciated habitat for photosynthetic life under opaque rocks in the Arctic and Antarctic polar deserts. This habitat is created by the periglacial movement of the rocks, which allows some light to reach their underside. The productivity of this ecosystem is at least as great as that of above-ground biomass and potentially doubles previous productivity estimates for the polar desert ecozone. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic polar desert Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Arctic Nature 431 7007 414 414
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Ecology and Environment
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Ecology and Environment
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Stokes, M. Dale
Widespread colonization by polar hypoliths
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