Original papers

Solar energy utilization in overall energy budget of the Johann Gregor Mendel Antarctic station during austral summer season

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Petr Wolf

University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, Třinecká 1024, 273 43 Buštěhrad, Czech Republic

Biodiversity of freshwater autotrophs in selected wet places in northern coastal ecosystems of James Ross Island

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Kateřina Skácelová^1*, Filip Hrbáček², Barbora Chattová³, Kamil Láska², Miloš Barták¹

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

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

³Department of Botany & Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

Rate of recovery of lichen-dominated tundra vegetation after overgrazing at the Yamal Peninsula (Short Communication)

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Svetlana N. Ektova^*, Ludmila M. Morozova

Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ural Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of vegetation and mycobiota biodiversity, 8 Marta str., 202, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Reindeer herding and environmental change in the Oymyakon District, Sakha Republic

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Atsushi Nakada

Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, 309-1 Shiomi, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido 093-0042, Japan

Basic epidemiological data on metazoan parasites of notothenioid fish off James Ross Island (Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea), Antarctica

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Veronika Nezhybová^1,2, Šárka Mašová¹

¹Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno - Bohunice, Czech Republic

²Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic

Production of UV-B screens and changes in photosynthetic efficiency in Antarctic Nostoc commune colonies and a lichen Xanthoria elegans depend on a dose and duration of UV-B stress

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Diogo Miguel Monteiro Estêvāo

Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

Changes in immunological and physiological parameters in urine during Antarctic Scientific Expedition (Short Communication)

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Alena Žákovská¹, Olivie Zezulová¹, Kristián Brat²

¹Department of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
²Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Vegetation mapping of moss-dominated areas of northern part of James Ross Island (Antarctica) and a suggestion of protective measures

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Miloš Barták¹, Peter Váczi¹, Zdeněk Stachoň², Svatava Kubešová^3,4

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

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

³Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, University Campus – Bohunice, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

⁴Moravian Museum, Department of Botany, Hviezdoslavova 29a, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Non-structural carbohydrate content in cryptogamic Antarctic species after two years of passive warming on the Fildes Peninsula

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Angélica Casanova-Katny¹, Marisol Pizarro¹, Marta María Caballero², Raúl Cordero², Gustavo E. Zúñiga¹

¹Biology Department, Chemistry and Biology Faculty, Santiago University, Alameda 3363, Santiago, Chile.

²Physical Department, Science Faculty,  Santiago University, Alameda 3363, Santiago, Chile.

Features of chlorophyll fluorescence transients can be used to investigate low temperature induced effects on photosystem II of algal lichens from polar regions (Short Communication)

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Anamika Mishra¹, Josef Hájek², Tereza Tuháčková², Miloš Barták², Kumud Bandhu Mishra¹

¹Laboratory of Ecological Plant Physiology, Global Change Research Centre ASCR vvi, Bělidla 986/4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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