Evidence of Macroalgal Colonization on Newly Ice-Free Areas following Glacial Retreat in Potter Cove (South Shetland Islands), Antarctica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Quartino, María Liliana ^a,b   Deregibus, Dolores ^a   Campana, Gabriela Laura ^a,c   Latorre, Gustavo Edgar Juan ^d   Momo, Fernando Roberto ^e  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMARESTIA ANCEPS; DESMARESTIA MENZIESII; GLACIATION; GLACIER; GREEN ALGA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIMANTOTHALLUS GRANDIFOLIUS; ICE ALGA; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MACROALGA; MACROALGAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MONOSTROMA HARIOTII; NONHUMAN; PALMARIA DECIPIENS; RED ALGA; SEDIMENT; SUMMER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ICE COVER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWEED; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84874613386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058223     Document Type: Article

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