Soil microalgal communities on an antarctic active volcano (Deception Island, South Shetlands)

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1381-1393

  Fermani, Paulina ^a   Mataloni, Gabriela ^a,b   Van De Vijver, Bart ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Colonization; Community; Disturbance; Soil algae

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISTURBANCE; MICROALGA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTICA; DECEPTION ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34548525528     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0299-6     Document Type: Article

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