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Citation link: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000107412
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EFFECTS OF UV RADIATION ON ANTARCTIC BENTHIC ALGAE - WITH EMPHASIS ON EARLY SUCCESSIONAL STAGES AND COMMUNITIES


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Other Titles: Effekte der UV-Strahlung auf antarktische benthische Algen - mit Schwerpunkt auf junge Entwicklungsstadien und Gemeinschaften
Authors: Zacher, Katharina 
Supervisor: Wiencke, Christian
1. Expert: Wiencke, Christian
2. Expert: Hanelt, Dieter
Abstract: 
In field experiments the interactive effects of UVR and grazing on early life stages of a hard bottom algal community were studied. In a two-factorial design, experimental units (1. ambient radiation, >280 nm; 2. ambient minus UV-B, >320 nm; 3. ambient minus UVR, >400 nm vs. grazer - no grazer) were installed for 2.5 and 3.5 months in the field. In conclusion, the results showed that the ambient UVR do not seem to be a threat to benthic marine Antarctic diatoms while grazers acted as important drivers on the complete intertidal algal community structure. In contrast, UV-B radiation significantly shaped macroalgal diversity and species composition. Limpets could mediate negative effects of ambient UVR on species richness and diversity to a certain level. On the basis of these results we hypothesise that ambient UV-B radiation, and a potential further increase of these wavelengths has the ability to affect the zonation, composition and diversity of Antarctic intertidal macroalgae altering trophic interactions in this system.
Keywords: Antarctica, grazing, macroalgae, microlagae, photosynthesis, UV radiation
Issue Date: 8-Mar-2007
Type: Dissertation
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-diss000107412
Institution: Universität Bremen 
Faculty: FB2 Biologie/Chemie 
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