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Freshwater diatoms from some islands in the maritime Antarctic region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2004

Bart Van De Vijver  and
Louis Beyens
Bart Van De Vijver
Affiliation:
University of Antwerp (RUCA), Department of Biology, Section Arctic Ecology, Limnology and Paleobiology, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
Louis Beyens
Affiliation:
University of Antwerp (RUCA), Department of Biology, Section Arctic Ecology, Limnology and Paleobiology, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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Abstract

A total of 69 diatom taxa, belonging to 24 genera were recorded from thirteen freshwater and moss samples collected in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Marine taxa comprised 26%. Cluster analysis revealed three assemblages. The Nitzschia acidoclinata assemblage occurs on wet mosses; the Luticola muticopsis assemblage is found near penguin rookeries whereas the Pinnularia krookii–Pinnularia microstauron var. elongata assemblage occurs on drier places such as dry mosses and drying mud.

Keywords

Antarctic Peninsuladiatomsecology
Type
Papers—Life Sciences and Oceanography
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 418 - 425
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1997

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