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Diversity and species composition of diatom communities of Ardley Island, South Shetland Islands

Authors

CAHOVÁ Tereza HUTŇAN CHATTOVÁ Barbora

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Czech Polar Reports
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.5817/CPR2021-1-4
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CPR2021-1-4
Keywords algae; Bacillariophyta; biogeography; Maritime Antarctica; species composition
Description The Antarctic diatom flora has been at the centre of interest of many studies in past decades. The present paper brings new information on the species richness, biogeography and community composition of diatoms on the Ardley Island, South Shetland Islands. One fresh-water and ten soil samples had been collected from the Antarctic Special protected area (ASPA) in the spring of 2019. The following analysis revealed eighty-six diatom taxa inwell-developed communities,dominatedby Luticolamuticopsis, L. truncata, Pinnularia australoschoenfelderi, P. austroshetlandica and P. borealis. According to the current biogeographical knowledge, the majority of species have restricted distribution among the Antarctic Realm; 46.5% of them are reported from various islands of the Maritime Antarctic Region. Based on the dominance of species as Luticola muticopsis and L. truncata and their ecological preferences, we concluded that the species composition of the diatom communities is driven by high nutrient input from breeding seabirds and the moisture availability during the austral summer.

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