Influences of salinity on the physiology and distribution of the arctic coralline algae, Lithothamnion glaciale (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)

• Published in: Journal of Phycology
• Main Authors: Schoenrock, Kathryn M., Bacquet, Marion, Pearce, Danni, Rea, Brice R, Schofield, J Edward, Lea, James, Mair, Doug, Kamenos, Nicholas
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Cryosphere and Climate Change Research Group, University of Aberdeen.Geography & Environment, University of Aberdeen.The North, University of Aberdeen.Energy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: SDG 13 - Climate Action; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Arctic; Clathromorphum sp; ecophysiology; Greenland ice sheet; maerl; polar seaweeds; rhodolith; Lithothamnion glaciale; salinity; GE Environmental Sciences; GE; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Nuuk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/12921; https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12774

The authors would like to thank the GINR and the Nuuk Fire Department for providing logistical support in Nuuk. We are particularly grateful to thank Martin Blicher, Josephine Nymand, Thomas Juul-Pedersen, Ƚukasz Stachnik, Johanne Vad, Mackenzie Haberman, Alyssa Bell, Heather Baxter, and Jinhua Mao for their research and field assistance. Funding was provided by the Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant 2014-093 “Calving Glaciers: Long Term Validation and Evidence”. Field work was also supported by the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) “PECRE exchanges with Europe, North America, China, India” and the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) Small Grants Scheme. Seawater was paid for through the University of Glasgow research enabling fund and Federation of European Microbiological Societies research grant. This manuscript benefitted from discussions and review by Juliet Brodie, Sophie McCoy, Laurie Hofmann, Arley Muth, and Bonnie Lewis. Peer reviewed