Original papers

Surface mass balance of Davies Dome and Whisky Glacier on James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula, based on different volume-mass conversion approaches

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1-12

Zbyněk Engel¹, Filip Hrbáček², Kamil Láska², Daniel Nývlt², Zdeněk Stachoň²

¹Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha, Czech Republic

²Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

Sphaerellothecium reticulatum (Zopf) Etayo, a new lichenicolous fungus for Antarctica

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13-19

Mehmet Gökhan Halici¹,  Miloš Barták²

¹Erciyes University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kayseri, Turkey

²Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Plant Physiology and Anatomy, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Permafrost and active layer research on James Ross Island: An overview

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20-36

Filip Hrbáček¹, Daniel Nývlt¹, Kamil Láska¹, Michaela Kňažková¹, Barbora Kampová¹, Zbyněk Engel², Marc Oliva³, Carsten W. Mueller⁴

¹Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Brno, Czech Republic

²Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Praha, Czech Republic

³Department of Geography, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁴Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde, TU München, Freising-Weihenstephan 85356, Germany

The effect of shock freezing on physiological properties and consequent growth of Antarctic filamentous (Stigeoclonium sp.) and coccal alga (Diplosphaera chodatii) on agar plates

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37-48

Alla Orekhova¹, Miloš Barták¹, Aleyna Özkar², Josef Elster³

¹Department of Experimental Biology, Division of Plant Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

²Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Farabi Kampüsü, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey

³Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Na Zlaté stoce 3, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Seasonal glacier surface velocity fluctuation and contribution of the Eastern and Western Tributary Glaciers in Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

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49-60

Shridhar Digambar Jawak^1,2, Shubhang Kumar³, Alvarinho Joaozinho Luis¹, Prashant Hemendra Pandit⁴, Sagar Filipe Wankhede¹

¹Earth System Science Organization (ESSO), National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Headland Sada, Goa 403804, India

²Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), SIOS Knowledge Centre, Svalbard Science Park, P.O. Box 156, N-9171, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

³Centre for Land Resource Management, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi 835205, India

⁴National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use planning (NBSS & LUP) - Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 110012, India

Open top chamber microclimate may limit photosynthetic processes in Antarctic lichen: Case study from King George Island, Antarctica

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61-77

Angelica Casanova-Katny¹, Miloš Barták², Catalina Gutierrez³

¹Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Campus Luis Rivas del Canto, Rudecindo Ortega #03694- Temuco, Chile

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

³Laboratorio de Micología y Micorrizas, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas,University of Concepcion, Víctor Lamas 1290, Concepcion, Chile

Fungal species associated with fruit and vegetables transported to the J. G. Mendel station and the influence of UV-C treatment on their fungal community

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78-87

Monika Laichmanová, Ivo Sedláček

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

Microclimate variability of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems manipulated by open top chambers: Comparison of selected austral summer seasons within a decade

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88-106

Miloš Barták¹, Kamil Láska², Josef Hájek¹, Peter Váczi¹

¹Department of Experimental Biology, Section of Plant Physiology and Anatomy, Laboratory of Extreme Environments Life, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic

²Department of Geography, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic 

Changes in haematological parameters during a summer expedition in Antarctica

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Alena Žákovská, Olivie Zezulová

Department of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Evaluation of photosynthetic processes in Antarctic mosses and lichens exposed to controlled rate cooling: Species-specific responses

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114-124