Lichenometry on Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula : size-frequency studies, growth rates and snowpatches

• Published in: Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
• Main Authors: Golledge, Nicholas, Everest, Jeremy, Bradwell, Tom, Johnson, Joanne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Adelaide Island; Rothera Research Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9837/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9837/1/Golledge_etal_2010_nora.pdf; http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118504788/home

This paper presents new lichenometric population data from the Antarctic Peninsula (67°S), and describes a new approach to lichen growth-rate calibration in locations where dated surfaces are extremely rare. We use historical aerial photography and field surveys to identify sites of former perennial...