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A bloom of Mallomonas acaroides, a silica-scaled chrysophyte, in the crater pond of a pingo, Northwest Greenland

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For the first time, phytoplankton has been collected from the extreme environment of a crater pond of a pingo (Arctic mud volcano), situated in Svarlenhuk, Northwest Greenland. It contained a bloom of a special morphotype of the silica-scaled chrysophyte Mallomonas acaroides. This morphotype proved to be widely distributed in Northwest Greenland, between 69 and 73°N.

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  1. Botanical Institute, Dept. of Phycology, University of Copenhagen, Ø. Farimagsgade 2D, 1353, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    Jørgen Kristiansen

  2. Sandhusvej 15, 2500, Valby, Denmark

    Lena Redder Wilken & Torben Jürgensen

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Kristiansen, J., Wilken, L.R. & Jürgensen, T. A bloom of Mallomonas acaroides, a silica-scaled chrysophyte, in the crater pond of a pingo, Northwest Greenland. Polar Biol 15, 319–324 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238481

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