The pioneer lichen Placopsis in maritime Antarctica: Genetic diversity of their mycobionts and green algal symbionts, and their correlation with deglaciation time

• Published in: Symbiosis
• Main Authors: Beck, Andreas, Bechteler, Julia, Casanova Katny, Angelica, Dzhilyanova, Iva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SPRINGER 2021
• Subjects: Selectivity; Phylogeny; Stichococcus; Climate Change; Haplotypes; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/3626; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-019-00624-4

Since ice-free areas in Antarctica are predicted to increase by up to 25% before the end of this century, lichens such as the genus Placopsis will be important colonizers of these newly available grounds and will still be present in later successional stages of the lichen community. The main symbion...