Micro-eukaryotic diversity in hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica

• Published in: Biology
• Main Authors: Gokul, Jarishma K., Valverde, Angel, Tuffin, Marla I., Cary, Stephen Craig, Cowan, Don A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI online quarterly 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; Micro-eukaryotes; Hypoliths; Antarctic; New Zealand; Miers; Miers Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica New Zealand
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21347; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology2010331

The discovery of extensive and complex hypolithic communities in both cold and hot deserts has raised many questions regarding their ecology, biodiversity and relevance in terms of regional productivity. However, most hypolithic research has focused on the bacterial elements of the community. This s...