Authors: Büdel, Burkhard; Schulz, Bernhard; Reichenberger, Hans; Bicker, Fritz; Green, T. G. Allan

Source: Algological Studies, Volume 129, Number 1, September 2009 , pp. 61-69(9)

Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

Abstract:

We describe a cryptoendolithic community from a light, coarse grained calcite marble found on Nussbaum Riegel in the central Taylor Valley, Dry Valleys. The community lives 3-4 (5) mm underneath the rock surface and is by the unicellular genus Chroococcidiopsis (C. cf. thermalis), a genus that is well known from endolithic habitats all over the world. Low biomass and chlorophyll-a content indicate that this community is less well developed than others described from Antarctica.

Keywords: ANTARCTICA; CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; CRYPTOENDOLITHIC

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/1864-1318/2009/0129-0061

Publication date: 2009-09-01

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