Population Genetics and Photobiont Selectivity in Antarctic Lichens

• Main Author: Burgess-Jones, Tracey
• Other Authors: Hogg, Ian D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waikato 2013
• Subjects: Lichen; Antarctica; Antarctic; Svalbard; Ross Sea; Ross Island; Terra Nova Bay; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Ross Dependency; Antarc*; glacier; ice covered areas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7981

This thesis examines population genetic structure and migration indices of an Antarctic endemic lichen Buellia frigida as well as algal selectivity of the lichens Buellia frigida, Umbilicaria aprina and Umbilicaria decussata in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica. My aim was to determine where current...