Moss-inhabiting diatoms from two contrasting Maritime Antarctic islands

• Published in: Plant Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Kopalova, Katerina, Ochyra, Ryszard, Nedbalová, Linda, Van de Vijver, Bart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Meise Botanic Garden and Royal Botanical Society of Belgium 2014
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; DIATOMS; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; MARITIME ANTARCTIC REGION; MOSSES; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Livingston Island; Byers; Byers peninsula; Ulu Peninsula; Lagoons Mesa; Antarc*; James Ross Island; Tundra
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7651997; https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2014.896

Background and aims – The Maritime Antarctic vegetation is a poorly developed tundra dominated by lichens and mosses, mostly present in moist environments, providing a favourable habitat for microorganisms. Although, diatoms represent one of the most common algal groups in the Antarctic region, moss...