The thermophilic bryoflora of Deception Island: unique plant communities as a criterion for designating an Antarctic Specially Protected Area

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Smith, R.I. Lewis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
• Subjects: Botany; Science Policy; Antarctic; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2006/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102005002385

Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands is one of the most volcanically active sites south of 60°S. Between 1967 and 1970 three major eruptions devastated large expanses of the landscape and its vegetation. Since 1970 extensive recolonization has occurred on the more stable surfaces. Unheated...