Antarctic moss: surviving ultraviolet radiation in a changing climate

• Main Author: Turnbull, Johanna
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: School of Biological Sciences 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; UV-B mosses; DNA damage; UV-B screens; East Antarctica; Smirnova; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Schistidium antarctici
• Online Access: https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4746; https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5776&context=theses

The Antarctic ozone hole increases ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-BR) at the Earth’s surface, and is linked to increased wind speed, altered precipitation and snow deposition patterns. The influence of UV-BR was investigated in three co-occurring moss species from East Antarctica: two cosmopolitan (Cer...