Exploring Antarctic Lichen Biodiversity

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• Dr William Purvis (Natural History Musuem)
• Wednesday 16 June 2010, 12:00-13:00
• British Antarctic Survey, conference room.

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Signy Island is a biodiversity hot spot for lichens and other organisms in the Antarctic region. Here summer temperatures have increased over the past 50 years with the W Antarctic having the fastest rate of change in the S hemisphere. As a consequence of the rapid warming and glacial retreat, new areas are being exposed, providing opportunities for lichen colonisation. A recent field trip on Signy Island has provided new lichen material to complement historical collections, and to explore how biodiversity has responded to environmental change.

This talk is part of the British Antarctic Survey series.

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