Open Top Chambers; Antarctica; Cyanobacterial diversity
Abstract :
[en] Open Top Chambers are passive warming systems used to experimentally assess the effect of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, and they were used in several Antarctic regions to study the response of biotic communities. In the BELSPO BELDIVA project, OTCs were used in continental Eastern Antarctica, where environmental conditions are very extreme. In January 2010, 8 Open-Top Chambers (OTC) were installed in four ice-free regions of the Sör Rondane Mountains, namely on the Utsteinen ridge, the Tanngarden granite outcrop, the Teltet nunatak and the fourth nunatak of the Pingvinane range.
Research Center/Unit :
CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Mano, Marie-José ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Namsaraev, Zorigto
Obbels, Dagmar
verleyen, Elie
Vyverman, Wim
Elster, Josef
Wilmotte, Annick ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Language :
English
Title :
Biodiversity studies in Open-Top Chambers in continental Antarctica
Publication date :
July 2013
Number of pages :
Poster A0
Event name :
11th SCAR Biology Symposium
Event organizer :
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Event place :
Barcelona, Spain
Event date :
15-19 juillet 2013
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
Name of the research project :
ANTAR-IMPACT, BELDIVA
Funders :
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
