Project information
ROBINSON, Prof. Sharon
University of Wollongong
Clark Peninsula ASPA, Australia (or home country), Casey, NE Bailey Peninsula ASPA, Windmill Islands
Project aim
Ozone depletion above Antarctica has caused large increases in springtime UVB radiation (UVBR) and recovery of the ozone layer is not expected until 2060. We have shown that increased UVBR is likely to have more negative effects on the endemic moss, Schistidium antarctici, than on two co-occurring cosmopolitan species Ceratodon purpureus and Bryum pseudotriquetrum. This is probably due to differences in their ability to screen UVBR but we need to fully characterise the UV absorbing compounds in each species, and their cellular location, to confirm this. Our team of chemists and biologists will fully characterise these potentially novel UV screens.
Related publications
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Rapid change in East Antarctic terrestrial vegetation in response to regional drying Nature Climate Change, 2018
(Ref: 16010)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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The what and where of ultraviolet protective mechanisms in Antarctic mosses PhD Thesis, University of Wollongong, Australia, 2015
(Ref: 15702)
Authors:Category 3: Thesis, higher degree
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Surviving Ultraviolet Radiation In A Changing Climate PhD Thesis, University of Wollongong, Australia, 2015
(Ref: 15716)
Authors:Category 3: Thesis, higher degree
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Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update. Polar Record, 2014
(Ref: 15014)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Ultraviolet protective mechanisms in the survival of Antarctic Ceratodon purpureus and two other Antarctic bryophytes Bachelor of Biotechnology Advanced (Honours), University of Wollongong, Australia, 2008
(Ref: 13639)
Authors:Category 3: Thesis, higher degree