Title Cryptoendolithic cyanobacteria from calcite marble rock ridges, Taylor Valley, Antarctica
Author Büdel, B.; Schulz, B.; Reichenberger, H.; Bicker, F.; Green, T.G.A.
Author Affil Büdel, B., Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Department of Geology, Kaiserslautern, Federal Republic of Germany. Other: Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Federal Republic of Germany; Waikato University, New Zealand
Source Algological Studies (2007), Vol.129, p.61-69. Publisher: Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany. ISSN: 1864- 1318
Publication Date 2009
Notes In English. 33 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 300964. CRREL Acc. No: 64005483
Index Terms bacteria; biomass; chlorophylls; ecology; Antarctica--McMurdo dry valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarctica; chlorophyll; Chroococcidiopsis; Chroococcidiopsis thermalis; cyanobacteria; endolithic taxa; habitat; McMurdo dry valleys; Nussbaum Riegel; organic compounds; pigments; Victoria Land
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). (mod. journ. abst.)
URL http://hdl.handle.net/10.1127/1864-1318/2009/0129-0061
Publication Type journal article
Record ID 88855