The influence of natural environmental factors on benthic diatom communities from the Windmill Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Phycologia
• Main Authors: Cunningham, LK, McMinn, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Phycological Society 2004
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Plant Biology; Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses); East Antarctica; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-43-6-744.1; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/32196

The species composition of benthic diatom communities responds rapidly to environmental change. At four shallow benthic sites in the Windmill Islands, Casey, East Antarctica, redundancy analysis indicated that changes in sediment grain-size, light availability and water depth account for 30% of the...