Volume 10, No. 1 (2020) - This issue was published on July 31^st, 2020

Original papers

Weddell seal observations on female and pup behavior and breeding status for four overwintering periods (2015 to 2018) at Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

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Yejin Kim^1,2, In-Young Ahn³, Ji Kang Park¹, Won Young Lee¹

¹Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea

²Department of Life Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea

³Division of Polar Ocean Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea

Permafrost table depth in soils of Eastern Antarctica oases, King George and Ardley Islands (South Shetland Islands)

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Ivan Alekseev, Evgeny Abakumov

Saint Petersburg State University, Department of Applied Ecology, 16^th line of Vasilevsky island, 29, 199178, Saint Petersburg, Russia

High-resolution multispectral mapping facies on glacier surface in the Arctic using WorldView-3 data

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Alvarinho J. Luis¹, Shubham Singh²

¹Polar Remote Sensing Section, Earth System Science Organization − National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa - 403804, India

²Forest Research Institute (deemed University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248003, India

The pigment complex and photosynthetic activity in the annual cycle of Polytrichum commune in the forest belt of the Khibiny Mountains on the Kola Peninsula of Russia

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Natalya Shmakova, Olga Ermolaeva

N. A. Avrorin Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute, Kola Science Centre Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman street 18a, Apatity, Murmansk region, 184209, Russia

A new record of lichenized fungus species for Antarctica: Peltigera castanea Goward, Goffinet & Miądl.

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Mehmet Gökhan Halıcı, Osman Muaz Osmanoğlu, Merve Kahraman

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey

Impacts of increased tourism on polar environment – case studies from Svalbard and Iceland

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Jan Kavan¹, Veronika Anděrová²

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

²Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Microbiomes of the initial soils of mining areas of Yakutsk City (Eastern Siberia, Russia)

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Alexey Zverev¹, Alexey Petrov¹, Anastasia Kimeklis¹, Arina Kichko¹, Evgeny Andronov¹, Alexey Petrov², Evgeny Abakumov¹

¹Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Peterburg, Russia

²Institute of Applied Ecology of the North, Yakusts, Russia

The effects of changing environment and human activities on the Arctic: Drivers and challenges in Svalbard (Short Communication)

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Barbora Padrtová

Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Joštova 218/10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Microfungi, algae and cyanobacteria in soils polluted with fluorine (Kola Peninsula, Russia)

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Vera V. Redkina, Regina R. Shalygina, Mariya V. Korneykova

Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems, Subdivision of Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Science, Apatity, Russia

Oceanographic features of the Indian Ocean sector of Coastal Antarctica (Short Communication)

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Alvarinho J. Luis

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa–403804, India

Editorial Note - Workshop 2019: BIOSCIENCES IN POLAR AND ALPINE RESEARCH (Extended abstracts)		118
Current questions on snow and glacial algae Daniel Remias University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, School of Engineering, 4600 Wels, Austria		119
Changes in species diversity and floristic composition of alpine grasslands under renewed cattle grazing in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts. Marie Mrázková¹, Radek Štencl², Josef Holec³, Luděk Tyšer³, Michaela Kolářová³, Oldřich Látal¹ ¹Agrovýzkum Rapotín Ltd., Vikýřovice, Czech Republic ²Protected Landscape Area Administration Jeseníky, Jeseník, Czech Republic ³Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic		120-124
Nitrate reductase activity in coexisting high-mountain plants from Central Europe Adam Rajsz, Bronisław Wojtuń Mountain and Polar Ecosystems Laboratory; Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection,University of Wrocław Kanonia Street 6-8, PL-50-328 Wrocław, Poland		125-126
Spatial structure of permafrost and active layer from the James Ross Island, Antarctica: Geological and Microbiological Insights Ondřej Pěnčík^1,2, Kristýna Jiráčková³, Ivana Mašlaňová¹, Pavel Švec², Ivo Sedláček², Daniel Nývlt³ ¹Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental Biology, MU, Kamenice 5, Brno, Czech Republic ²Czech Collection of Microorganism, Department of Experimental Biology, MU, Kamenice 5, Brno, Czech Republic ³Department of Geography, MU, Kotlářská 2, Brno, Czech Republic		127-128
Impact of being evergreen or deciduous on the wood anatomy of the trees in polar regions during the warm geological period: Case study from Upper Cretaceous of the James Ross Island (Antarctic Peninsula) Oleksandra Chernomorets, Jakub Sakala Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic		129
Snow algal blooms: Melting mountain and polar snow as a challenging habitat Lenka Procházková, Linda Nedbalová Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Viničná 7,128 00		130-131
Thallus dehydration effects and physiological consequences in Antarctic lichens: Case study from the King George Island, Antarctica Angelica Casanova-Katny¹, Miloš Barták² ¹Laboratory of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Natural Resources, Catolic University Temuco, Campus Luis Rivas del Canto, Rudecindo Ortega 03694, Temuco, Chile ²Masaryk University, Departmet of Experimental Biology, Laboratory of Photosynthetic Proceses, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic		132-133
Sensitivity of autotrophic microorganisms to selected groups of biologically-active compounds: Chlorophyll fluorescence study Pavel Streit¹, Karolina Dudek² ¹Matyáš Lerch Grammar School, Brno, Žižkova 55, Brno, Czech Republic ²Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology, ul. Akademická 2A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland		134-135
*Antarctic lichen Dermatocarpon polyphyllizum* affected by desiccation and low temperature** Michaela Bednaříková, Miloš Barták, Peter Váczi Department of Experimental Biology, Laboratory of Photosynthetic Processes, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, University Campus – Bohunice, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic		136-137
Species-specific ecophysiological features of Antarctic mosses during desiccation: A study of Brachythecium austro-glareosum and Bryum pseudotriquetrum Alla Orekhova Department of Experimental Biology, Laboratory of Photosynthetic Processes, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, University Campus – Bohunice, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic		138-140
*Photoinhibition of primary photosynthetic processes in Polytrichum* commune: Analysis of driving factors affecting species resistance** Gabriella Nora Maria Giudici University of Naples Federico II, Department of Agriculture, 80055 Portici, Italy		141-143
*Resistance of Antarctic lichens and unicellular alga Trebouxia* sp. to extreme temperature. Laboratory study of linear cooling and shock freezing** Andrea Hojdová, Josef Hájek Department of Experimental Biology, Laboratory of Photosynthetic Processes, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, University Campus – Bohunice, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic		144-146