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Protection against a sub-Antarctic summer - photoprotective and UV-B screening pigments of Heard Island vascular plants. Abstracts from the International Botanical Congress, Vienna, July 2005., 2005 (Ref: 12328)
Category 3: Poster

Two vascular plant species (hair grass Deschampsia antarctica … and herb Acaena magellanica) from sub-Antarctic Heard Island … were sampled on 5 days between December 2003 and February … 2004.

Mosses surviving on the edge: Origins, genetic diversity, and mutation in Antarctica. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2004 (Ref: 12453)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Mosses are the dominant plant species in continental Antarctica, where they sparsely colonize the limited stony … coastal areas not permanently covered with snow and ice. The few species of mosses present in Antarctica live ‘‘on the … edge’’ for plant life…

Ambient UV radiation levels negatively affect the endemic Antarctic moss, Grimmia antarctici. Abstracts from the International Botanical Congress, Vienna, July 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12327)
Category 3: Verbal presentation

Over recent decades, Antarctic plants have been exposed to the … largest relative increase in UV-B exposure as a result of ozone … depletion. Open-sided plexiglass screens were used to reduce UV … levels by 77% over turves of the endemic Antarctic bryophyte, Grimmia antarctici…

Susceptibility of Antarctic Mosses to UV-B induced DNA damage. Abstracts of the International Botanical Congress, Vienna, July 2005, 2005 (Ref: 12331)
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Antarctic vegetation is exposed to elevated levels of UV-B … radiation (UVBR) as a result of ozone depletion. Three species of … co-occurring Antarctic bryophytes, Bryum pseudotriquetrum…

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