Microphytes of different types of locations from Bunger Hills (Eastern Antarctica)

Abstract

Oases of Antarctica are unique landscape compositions located within the continent and, at a considerable distance from the coast. These are areas of glacier-free rocks and lakes that are free from snow in the summer and are characterized by a high peculiarity of conditions for the formation of communities of living organisms. Our studies performed on a wide variety of biotopes of Bunger Hills revealed the composition and structure of algocenoses of these habitats, as well as to establish their common features and characteristic differences.