Changes in chlorophyll content throughout the year in selected species of mosses on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctic

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-299

  Barcikowski, Adam ^a,c   Loro, Paweł M ^b,c  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Teachers Training College   (Poland)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chlorophyll; King George Island; Mosses

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MOSS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033362238     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. BARCIKOWSKI A. 1996. Biomass and chlorophyll of photosynthesizing organs of plant communities in secondary succession in pine forest habitat. - Photosynthetica 32 (1): 63-76.
2. BARCIKOWSKI A. and OLEKSOWICZ A. 1989. Stan biomasy i zawartósci chlorofilu w zbiorowiskach roślinnych okolic Stacji PAN im. H. Arctowskiego, Wyspa Króla Jerzego. In: A. Olszewski (ed.), Dorobek i perspektywy polskich badań polarnych. - XVI Sympozjum Polarne. Toruń, 19-20 wrzesień 1989: 215-217.
3. BARCIKOWSKI A. and ZBIGNIEWICZ M. 1992. Green biomass and chlorophyll of plant communities in primary succession of raised bog. - Ekol. Pol. 40: 353-370.
4. BROWN D.H. and HOOKER T.N. 1977. The significance and acid lichen substances in the estimation of chlorophyll and phaeophytin in lichens. - New Phytologist, 78: 617-624.
5. FURMAŃCZYK K. and OCHYRA R. 1982. Plant communities of the Admiralty Bay region (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic). I. Jasnorzewski Gardens. - Pol. Polar Res. 3: 25-39.
6. LEWIS SMITH, R.I. 1984. Terrestrial plant biology of the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic. In: R.M. Laws (ed.), Antarctic Ecology. - Academic Press: 61-162.
7. LINDSAY D.C. 1971. Vegetation of the South Shetland Islands. - Br. Antarct. Surv. Bull., 25 : 59-83.
8. LONGTON R.E. 1988. The biology of polar bryophytes and lichens. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge; 391 pp.
9. OCHYRA R. 1984. Zbiorowiska roślinne Antarktyki. - Kosmos, 33: 43-56.
10. OCHYRA R. 1998. The moss flora of King George Island, Antarctica. Polish Academy of Sciences, W. Szafer Institute of Botany. Cracow, XXIV + 279 pp.
11. th anniversary of Prof. Henryk Arctowski's and Prof. Antoni Boleslaw Dobrowolski's participation in the Belgica expedition to the Antarctic in 1887-1889 (sic!). -Warszawa, Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 159-177.
12. OCHYRA R. and VÁŃA J. 1989. The hepatics reported from the Antarctic and an outline of their phytogeography. - Pol. Polar Res., 10: 211-229.
13. OLECH M. 1992. Rośliny niższe. In: S. Rakusa-Suszczewski (ed.), Zatoka Admiralicji. Ekosystem strefy przybrzeżnej morskiej Antarktyki. - Oficyna Wyd. Inst. Ekologii PAN, Dziekanów Leśny: 241-246.
14. RASTORFER J.R. 1972. Comparative physiology of four West Antarctic mosses In: A.Llano (ed.), Antarctic Terrestrial Ecology. - Washington, American Geophysical Union: 143-161.
15. ŠESTÁK Z. 1971. Determination of chlorophylls a nad b. In: Z. Šesták, J. Catsky and P. G. Jarvis (eds), Plant Photosynthetic Production. Manual ad Methods. - Dr. W. Junk N.V. Publ., The Hague: 672-701.
16. TATUR A., MYRCHA A. and NIEGODZISZ J. 1997. Formation of abandonded penguin rookery ecosystems in the maritime Antarctic. - Polar Biol., 17: 405-417.
17. WIȨCKOWSKI A. 1960. Relation between the increase of dry and fresh weight and chlorophyll formation in the leaf. - Bull. Ac. Polon., 8: 357-362.
18. ZARZYCKI K. and BARCIKOWSKI A. 1993. Roślinność la̧dowa regionu Zatoki Admiralicji i Zatoki Króla Jerzego (Wyspa Króla Jerzego, Szetlandy Południowe, Antarktyka) - Problemy ekologii zbiorowisk i populacji roślin naczyniowych. In: J.B. Faliński and Z. Mirek (eds), Polish geobotanical investigations abroad. - Materials of the 36th Geobotanical Seminar, Warsaw, 15-16 March 1991: 213-215.