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Ecological relationships and stoichiometry within a Maritime Antarctic watershed

Ecological relationships and stoichiometry within a Maritime Antarctic watershed AbstractDuring summer, ice-free areas are common in Maritime Antarctica, and vegetation and microbial communities frequently occur in the moist parts of catchments. In this paper, we present new data and evaluate the biomass, C, N, and P content of various types of vegetation, and the water catchment of an oligotrophic lake sited at Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. As the main results show, the total amount of C, N, and P contained in the organisms of the watershed is 144, 0.71 and 0.018 g m-2, respectively. According to element contents, 98% of the biological C from the watershed is within mosses and microbial mats structures (79.1 and 19.0% respectively). Also, 98.7% of the N is partially distributed between moss carpets, microbial mats and lichens, 55.2, 43.5, and 3.37 x 10-7% respectively. On the other hand, 90.2% of P is within moss carpets structures. Nutrient pools in the communities of Limnopolar Lake itself are a minor component of the whole catchment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Antarctic Science Cambridge University Press

Ecological relationships and stoichiometry within a Maritime Antarctic watershed

Antarctic Science , Volume 25 (2): 7 – Mar 20, 2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Abstract

AbstractDuring summer, ice-free areas are common in Maritime Antarctica, and vegetation and microbial communities frequently occur in the moist parts of catchments. In this paper, we present new data and evaluate the biomass, C, N, and P content of various types of vegetation, and the water catchment of an oligotrophic lake sited at Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. As the main results show, the total amount of C, N, and P contained in the organisms of the watershed is 144, 0.71 and 0.018 g m-2, respectively. According to element contents, 98% of the biological C from the watershed is within mosses and microbial mats structures (79.1 and 19.0% respectively). Also, 98.7% of the N is partially distributed between moss carpets, microbial mats and lichens, 55.2, 43.5, and 3.37 x 10-7% respectively. On the other hand, 90.2% of P is within moss carpets structures. Nutrient pools in the communities of Limnopolar Lake itself are a minor component of the whole catchment.

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Antarctic Science – Cambridge University Press

Published: Mar 20, 2013

Keywords: ecological stoichiometry; lichens; microbial mats; moss carpets; water catchment

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