Geophysical identification of permafrost in Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica

Nematode communities of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica

The nematode communities of Antarctica are considered simple. The few species present are well adapted to the harsh conditions and often endemic to Antarctica. Knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems is increasing rapidly, but nematode communities remain to be explored in large parts of Antarctica. In soil samples collected at Byers Peninsula (Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126), ...

Multidisciplinary research on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island: a future benchmark for change in Maritime Antarctica

Multidisciplinary research on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island: a future benchmark for change in Maritime Antarctica ANTONIO QUESADA, ANTONIO CAMACHO and W. BERRY LYONS Departamento Biologı́a, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva y Departamento de Microbiologia y Ecologia, Edificio de Investigación, Campus de Burjassot...

Trace and Toxic Elements Accumulation in Food Chain Representatives at Livingston Island (Antarctica)

Regional weather survey on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

In 2001 the LIMNOPOLAR Project was launched with the aim of addressing the suitability of freshwater ecosystems as useful sentinels of climate change. In this project, an automatic weather station was deployed on Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands) near several freshwater ecosystems under research. Here the multi-year data recorded are presented and compared with meteoro...

Stability and endemicity of benthic diatom assemblages from different substrates in a maritime stream on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica: the role of climate variability

Diatom assemblages from four different substrates from a stream on Byers Peninsula were analysed during the summer. The substrate type was the main factor explaining the variability in the diatom assemblages. Sandy biofilms showed a higher diversity and a greater number of endemic species. Two main hydrological regimes were observed: 1) a hydrologically unstable period with high variability in ...