Benthic diatoms from Potter Cove, 25 de Mayo (King George) Island, Antarctica: Mucilage and glucan storage as a C-source for limpets

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: 25 de Mayo (King George) Island; Antarctica; Benthic diatoms; Feeding; Gastropods; Nacella concinna; Potter Cove; β-1,3-glucan; benthos; biofilm; ceramics; diatom; gastropod; grazing; identification method; microalga; mucilage; polysaccharide; snail; storage; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Bacillariophyta; Gastropoda; Navicula; Nitzschia pellucida; Patellidae; Pseudogomphonema; Synedra; 25 de Mayo; Nacella; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_18739652_v15_n_p39_Daglio; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_18739652_v15_n_p39_Daglio

Biofilms were allowed to develop on ceramic tiles placed in closed containers on the shore of Potter Cove, 25 de Mayo (King George) Island. Water pumping from the cove inside the containers extended for 25 days. Diatoms were the dominant microalgae in these biofilms, which were removed from a set of...