Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica

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...

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Published in:Biology
Main Authors: Gokul, Jarishma K., Valverde, Angel, Tuffin, Marla, Cary, Stephen Craig, Cowan, Donald A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2013
Subjects:
Antarctica
Micro-eukaryotes
Hypoliths
Antarctic
Miers
Miers Valley
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1200
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spelling ftunivwesterncrr:oai:repository.uwc.ac.za:10566/1200 2023-05-15T13:36:53+02:00 Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica Gokul, Jarishma K. Valverde, Angel Tuffin, Marla Cary, Stephen Craig Cowan, Donald A. 2013 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1200 en eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) Gokul, J.K. et al. (2013). Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica. Biology, 2: 331-340 2079-7737 http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1200 © 2013 Gokul, et al.; licensee Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited CC-BY http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology2010331 Antarctica Micro-eukaryotes Hypoliths Article 2013 ftunivwesterncrr https://doi.org/10.3390/biology2010331 2022-04-26T18:56:03Z 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 study represents the first investigation of micro-eukaryotic communities in all three hypolith types. Here we show that Antarctic hypoliths support extensive populations of novel uncharacterized bryophyta, fungi and protists and suggest that well known producer-decomposer-predator interactions may create the necessary conditions for hypolithic productivity in Antarctic deserts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica University of the Western Cap: UWC Research Repository Antarctic Miers ENVELOPE(163.850,163.850,-78.100,-78.100) Miers Valley ENVELOPE(164.200,164.200,-78.100,-78.100) Biology 2 1 331 340
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Micro-eukaryotes
Hypoliths
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Micro-eukaryotes
Hypoliths
Gokul, Jarishma K.
Valverde, Angel
Tuffin, Marla
Cary, Stephen Craig
Cowan, Donald A.
Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica
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Micro-eukaryotes
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description 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 study represents the first investigation of micro-eukaryotic communities in all three hypolith types. Here we show that Antarctic hypoliths support extensive populations of novel uncharacterized bryophyta, fungi and protists and suggest that well known producer-decomposer-predator interactions may create the necessary conditions for hypolithic productivity in Antarctic deserts.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Gokul, Jarishma K.
Valverde, Angel
Tuffin, Marla
Cary, Stephen Craig
Cowan, Donald A.
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Tuffin, Marla
Cary, Stephen Craig
Cowan, Donald A.
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title Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica
title_short Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica
title_full Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica
title_fullStr Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica
title_full_unstemmed Micro-Eukaryotic diversity in Hypolithons from Miers Valley, Antarctica
title_sort micro-eukaryotic diversity in hypolithons from miers valley, antarctica
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2079-7737
http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1200
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