Abiotic characterization and epilithic communities of a naturally enriched stream at Cierva Point, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Mataloni, María Gabriela, Vinocur, Alicia Liliana, De Tezanos Pinto, Paula
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic streams; Ecology; Epilithon; Freshwater algae; Nutrients; Taxonomic composition; arctic environment; community structure; freshwater ecosystem; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Arctic and Antarctic; West Antarctica; World; algae; Bryophyta; Chamaesiphon subglobosus; Chlorophyta; Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacterium (genus); Leptolyngbya; Prasiola calophylla; Spheniscidae; Antarctic; Arctic; Argentina; Cierva; Cierva Cove; Cierva Point; Danco; Danco Coast; Pingüinera; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09541020_v17_n2_p163_Mataloni; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09541020_v17_n2_p163_Mataloni

Pingüinera Stream is one of the two main lotic environments of Cierva Point (Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 134) on the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. It originates in a large snowfield, flows through a penguin rookery, moss and grass banks, discharging into Cierva Cove. During late Antar...