Epiphytic diatom community structure and richness is determined by macroalgal host and location in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Burfeid-Castellanos, Andrea M., Martín-Martín, Rafael P., Kloster, Michael, Preckler, Carlos Angulo, Avila, Conxita, Beszteri, Bank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Deception Island; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23949; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250629

The marine waters around the South Shetland Islands are paramount in the primary production of this Antarctic ecosystem. With the increasing effects of climate change and the annual retreat of the ice shelf, the importance of macroalgae and their diatom epiphytes in primary production also increases...