Seaweed biodiversity in the south-western Antarctic Peninsula: surveying macroalgal community composition in the Adelaide Island/Marguerite Bay region over a 35-year time span

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1607-1619

  Mystikou, Alexandra ^a,b,c   Peters, Akira F ^d   Asensi, Aldo O ^e   Fletcher, Kyle I ^a,b   Brickle, Paul ^c   van West, Pieter ^b   Convey, Peter ^f   Küpper, Frithjof C ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH ATLANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^d Bezhin Rosko   (France)

^e Scottish Association for Marine Science ^*  (France)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aplanochytrium sp; Climate change; Desmarestia menziesii; Ice recession; Marine macroalgae; Maritime Antarctic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939893534     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: 14322056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1547-1     Document Type: Article

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