Lichen species assemblage gradient in South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica: relationship to deglaciation and microsite conditions

作者: J. M. Rodriguez , A. Passo , J. O. Chiapella

DOI: 10.1007/S00300-018-2388-0

关键词: LichenBiologyMicrositePhysical geographyTerrestrial ecosystemSubstrate (marine biology)GlacierSpecies richnessDeglaciationPeninsula

摘要: The glacier retreat in the Antarctic Peninsula is opening new ice-free areas and providing an excellent opportunity to study successional processes. terrestrial ecosystems have particular characteristic of being dominated almost exclusively by lichens mosses. aim present was analyze diversity, cover composition a lichen community on deglaciated gradient Potter Peninsula, King George Island (maritime Antarctica), investigate how microsite variables influence these patterns. Total cover, species richness, frequency were measured five 50 × 50 cm grids 24 sites covering whole from coast front. Microsite conditions also registered: slope, aspect, proportion different substrates (rocks, soil or bryophytes). We recorded highly diverse complex arranged three assemblages species. communities showed clear variations along studied gradient, related distance glacier, type substrate, interaction between them. consider that patterns are dynamic very heterogeneous, since they depend macroclimatic but there strong factors.

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