Microbial mats of twenty-six lakes from Potter Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Vinocur, A., Pizarro, H.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: CCA ordination; Lakes; Maritime Antarctica; Microbial mats; Potter Peninsula; TWINSPAN classification; community composition; community structure; lentic environment; limnology; microbial mat; Antarctica; Antarc*; King George Island
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00188158_v437_n_p171_Vinocur

The taxonomic composition and ecology of microbial mats were investigated in 26 lentic environments of Potter Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica) during the summer of 1995/96. These have different limnological characteristics according to the location of the basins. Among the 139 algal taxa registered, 10 are new records for Antarctica. Bacillariophyceae was the dominant class in terms of species richness, followed by the Cyanobacteria and Chlorophyceae. Twlnspan classification was used to describe six epilithic algal assemblages; Canonical Correspondence Analysis ordination showed that soluble reactive phosphorus, phytoplanktonic chlorophylla concentration and conductivity were the main sources for the variation in the data. Fil:Vinocur, A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Pizarro, H. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.