▪ Abstract The Antarctic continent harbors a range of specialized and sometimes highly
localized microbial biotopes. These include biotopes associated with desiccated mineral …

Antarctic fellfields present organisms with a heterogeneous habitat characterised by a wide
variety of environmental stresses. These include low temperatures, limited moisture …

In a survey of 1000 20‐m long stream segments in North America from 73° N to 10° N, 259
infrageneric taxa were identified, composed of 35% Chlorophyta, 24% Cyanophyta, 21 …

A limnological survey of 15 lakes and 6 streams was carried out on Byers Peninsula
(Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) during austral summer 2001–2002 …

The ability of cyanobacterial mats from Antarctic ponds and streams to recover from
desiccation is described. Mats dominated by Nostoc dehydrated rapidly and were dry within …

Freshwater lakes occur through much of Antarctica and are characterized by short food
chains dominated by microbes. Comparatively few studies have been made of continental …

The microenvironmental and photosynthetic characteristics of Antarctic microbial mats were
measured in a series of ponds near McMurdo Sound. As elsewhere in Antarctica, these cold …

The effects of low temperatures, freezing and desiccation on a cyanobacterium
(Phormidium) and an alga (Prasiola) from terrestrial Antarctic habitats were investigated. Net …

Three groups of cyanobacterial communities were widely distributed in the benthic
environment of lakes, ponds and streams on Ellesmere Island and Cornwallis Island in the …

Two newly isolated strains of green algae from alpine regions were compared
physiologically at different culture ages (1, 6, 9 and 15 months). The strains of Zygnema sp …