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Around 145 different non-marine algae have been identified from the Windmill Islands region, Antarctica. About 24 of these occur in the snow. Nearly half of these, which includes all the dominant snow algae, complete their life cycles in the snow and do not grow elsewhere.
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol) introduces the requirement to plan and conduct activities to avoid or minimise degradation of the wilderness and aesthetic values of Antarctica.
We are using molecular genetics techniques to investigate (a) the overall level of genetic diversity in Antarctic mosses, (b) the spatial arrangement and mutation levels within populations, (c) their taxonomic relationships and origins, (d) the effect of climate change on mutation levels, and (e)…