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Diatom communities in small water bodies at H. Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

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An investigation of ponds, puddles and slow-flowing waters situated in the area of the Polish Antarctic Station distinguished two groups of diatom communities. The first group characterized waters poor in nutrients and brackish. The number of taxa, abundance of species and diatom biomass index were all low. Nitzschia homburgiensis, Achnanthes laevis var. quadratarea and A. delicatula prevailed. The second group characterized water richer in nutrients and brackish. The number of species was also low, but the diatom biomass index was higher. Nitzschia gracilis, Navicula gregaria and Navicula wiesneri formed large populations.

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  1. Karol Starmach Institute of Freshwater Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31–016 Kraków, Poland Fax: 48 124 222 115, , , , , , PL

    Barbara Kawecka

  2. Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Lubicz 46, 31–512 Kraków, Poland, , , , , , PL

    Maria Olech

  3. Department of Otolaryngology, Laboratory of Scanning Electron Microscopy, School of Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 23 a, 31–501 Kraków, Poland, , , , , , PL

    Maria Nowogrodzka-Zagórska

  4. Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Agricultural Academy, Cybulskiego 32, 50–205 Wrocław, Poland, , , , , , PL

    Bronisław Wojtuń

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Received: 17 May 1996 / Accepted: 20 September 1997

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Kawecka, B., Olech, M., Nowogrodzka-Zagórska, M. et al. Diatom communities in small water bodies at H. Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polar Biol 19, 183–192 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050233

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