Benthic Macroalgae Diversity in Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula)

Abstract

Marine macroalgae are among the main primary producers in the coastal ecosystem of our planet be they in tropical locations, temperate or polar. They are formed from an evolutionary complex thallus, possessing a high morphological diversity, of colours and in terms of dimension (Figure 1). They constitute one of the most important renewable marine resources functioning as: direct food for oriental people, using colloids from their