Revisiting Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica, 12 years later: new observations of marine benthic diatoms
Author
Al-Handal, Adil Y.
Author
Torstensson, Anders
Author
Wulff, Angela
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Botanica Marina
2022
Warsaw, Poland
2022-02-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0066
journal article
10.1515/bot-2021-0066
1437-4323
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Pinnularia quadratarea
(A. Schmidt) Cleve
(
Figure 78
)
Literature: (Snoeijs and Vilbaste 1994, p. 94, fig. 182; Witkowski et al. 2000, p. 335, pl. 155, figs. 17–21).
Description: Length 44–95 µm, width 10–13 µm, striae
8–10 in
10 µm.
Remarks: In our previous records of 2003, this species was less common in Potter Cove but in the present study it appeared in high numbers with larger valve size.
Ecology and distribution: Widely distributed marine species in temperate and polar regions (Cardinal et al. 1984;
Hsiao 1980
). Common in Potter Cove.