[HTML][HTML] Antarctic studies show lichens to be excellent biomonitors of climate change

LG Sancho, A Pintado, TGA Green - Diversity, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Lichens have been used as biomonitors for multiple purposes. They are well-known as air
pollution indicators around urban and industrial centers. More recently, several attempts …

A satellite-derived baseline of photosynthetic life across Antarctica

CV Walshaw, A Gray, PT Fretwell, P Convey… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Terrestrial vegetation communities across Antarctica are characteristically sparse,
presenting a challenge for map** their occurrence using remote sensing at the continent …

Drone technology for monitoring protected areas in remote and fragile environments

B Bollard, A Doshi, N Gilbert, C Poirot, L Gillman - Drones, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Protected Areas are established to protect significant ecosystems and historical artefacts.
However, many are subject to little structured monitoring to assess whether the attributes for …

Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity

LR Pertierra, P Convey, A Barbosa, EM Biersma… - Science, 2025‏ - science.org
Antarctica harbors many distinctive features of life, yet much about the diversity and
functioning of Antarctica's life remains unknown. Evolutionary histories and functional …

High diversity of lichens at 84 S, Queen Maud Mountains, suggests preglacial survival of species in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

TGA Green, LG Sancho, R Türk, RD Seppelt, ID Hogg - Polar Biology, 2011‏ - Springer
Investigations of lichens collected in 1959/1960, 1963/1964 and 2003 from near the
Beardmore Glacier in the southern Ross Sea region (84° S) have more than doubled the …

Lichen myco-and photobiont diversity and their relationships at the edge of life (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica)

S Perez-Ortega, R Ortiz-Álvarez… - FEMS microbiology …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Lichen-forming fungi are among the most diverse group of organisms in Antarctica. Being
poikilohydric, lichens are able to cope with harsh environmental conditions that exclude …

Functional and spatial pressures on terrestrial vegetation in Antarctica forced by global warming

TGA Green, LG Sancho, A Pintado, B Schroeter - Polar Biology, 2011‏ - Springer
There is growing interest in what controls the present distribution of terrestrial vegetation in
Antarctica because of the potential use of biodiversity as an indicator or predictor of the …

Exchangeable cations and pH drive diversity and functionality of fungal communities in biological soil crusts from coastal sites of Victoria Land, Antarctica

F Canini, J Geml, LP D'Acqui, L Selbmann, S Onofri… - Fungal Ecology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Ice-free regions in coastal areas of Victoria Land, Antarctica, are patchily distributed, limited
in extent and characterized by a simple vegetation of lichens and mosses, growing only for a …

The lithic microbial ecosystems of Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys

A De Los Ríos, J Wierzchos, C Ascaso - Antarctic Science, 2014‏ - cambridge.org
We review the lithic microbial ecosystems of the McMurdo Dry Valleys as the main form of
terrestrial colonization in this region, and assess the role of environmental controls such as …

Biological soil crusts in continental Antarctica: Garwood Valley, southern Victoria Land, and Diamond Hill, Darwin Mountains region

C Colesie, M Gommeaux, TGA Green, B Büdel - Antarctic Science, 2014‏ - cambridge.org
Biological soil crusts are associations of lichens, mosses, algae, cyanobacteria, microfungi
and bacteria in different proportions forming a thin veneer within the top centimetres of soil …