Original papers

Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) associated with lichens from Ulu Peninsula (James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula)

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Barbora Chattová

Department of Botany & Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

Trace elements in soils of oases of Enderby Land (on an example of Vecherny oasis)

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162-177

Tamara Kukharchyk¹, Sergey Kakareka¹, Yury Giginyak²

¹Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Laboratory of Transboundary Pollution, Skoriny st. 10, Minsk, Belarus

²The Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Department of Monitoring and Cadastre of Fauna, Academicheskaya st. 27, Minsk, Belarus

First evidence of high-molecular-weight bacteriocin (tailocin) produced by Antarctic Pseudomonas spp.

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178-185

Kateřina Snopková¹, Ivo Sedláček², David Šmajs¹

¹Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

²Czech Collection of Microorganisms, Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Comparative study of structural and ecophysiological features of lichens of different ecological groups in rocky forest communities of northernmost boreal zone (Karelia, Russia)

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186-197

Anzhella Valerjevna Sonina, Vera Ivanovna Androsova, Anna Andreevna Tsunskaya, Liliya Evgenjevna Suroeva

Petrozavodsk State University, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Lenin str. 33, Petrozavodsk 185910, Russia

Changes in chlorophyll fluorescence parameters during desiccation and osmotic stress of Hassalia antarctica culture  

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198-207

Marta Campos Alonso

University of Salamanca, Faculty of Biology, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain

Pigment composition, glutathione and tocopherols in green algal and cyanobacterial lichens and their response to different light treatments

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208-217

Hana Cempírková, Kristýna Večeřová

Department of Experimental Biology, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

Limitation of photosynthetic processes in photosystem II in alpine mosses exposed to low temperatures: Response of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters

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218-229

Yeray Folgar Cameán¹, Miloš Barták²

¹University of Santiago de Compostela, Faculty of Biology, Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

²Laboratory of Photosynthetic Processes, Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Toxicological state and chemical properties of soils in urbanized ecosystems of Murmansk

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230-242

Vyacheslav Polyakov^1,2, Alina Petrova¹, Alexander Kozlov³, Evgeny Abakumov¹

¹Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, 16^th Liniya 29, Vasilyevskiy Island, Saint-Petersburg, 199178, Russia

²FSBI “Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute”, Beringa 38, Saint-Petersburg, 199397 Russia

³Laboratory of Industrial Sanitation and Ecology "LiK", Naberejnaya Obvodnogo kanala 199-201/ "K". Saint-Petersburg, 190020 Russia

Observation of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) feeding on Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhyncus) – exceptional behaviour or upcoming trend?

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243-248

Jan Kavan^1,2

¹Polar-Geo-Lab, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37, Brno, Czech Republic

²The University Centre in Svalbard, PO Box 156, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway

Spectral reflectance indices sense desiccation induced changes in the thalli of Antarctic lichen Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum

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249-259

Miloš Barták¹, Kumud Bandhu Mishra^1,2, Michaela Marečková¹

¹Laboratory of Photosynthetic Processes, Section of Plant Physiology and Anatomy, Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, University Campus – Bohunice, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

²Global Change Research Institute (CzechGlobe), The Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i, Bělidla 986/ 4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Landscape-dynamic aspects of soil formation in the Lena River Delta

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260-274

Vyacheslav Polyakov^1,2,3, Ksenia Orlova¹, Evgeny Abakumov¹

¹Saint Petersburg State University, University Embankment, 7/9, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia

²FSBI “Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute”, Beringa 38, Saint-Petersburg, 199397, Russia

³Department of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Saint-Petersburg State Agrarian University, Petersburg Highway 2, Pushkin, Saint-Petersburg, 196601, Russia

Detection of iceberg calving events in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica during 2013 – 2015 using LISS-IV/IRS-P6 satellite data

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275-285

Shridhar Digambar Jawak^1,2, Meghna Sengupta^3,4, Alvarinho Joaozinho Luis²

¹Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), SIOS Knowledge Centre, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), P.O. Box 156, N-9171, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

²Polar Remote Sensing Section, Polar Sciences Group, Earth System Science Organization (ESSO), National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India, Headland Sada, Goa 403804, India

³Department of Civil Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu–603203, India

⁴Department of Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand

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286-298