Antarctica's vegetation in a changing climate

C Colesie, CV Walshaw, LG Sancho… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctica plays a central role in regulating global climatic and oceanographic patterns and
is an integral part of global climate change discussions. The functioning of Antarctica's …

Photosynthetic adaptation to polar life: Energy balance, photoprotection and genetic redundancy

NPA Hüner, DR Smith, M Cvetkovska, X Zhang… - Journal of Plant …, 2022 - Elsevier
The persistent low temperature that characterize polar habitats combined with the
requirement for light for all photoautotrophs creates a conundrum. The absorption of too …

Basking in the sun: how mosses photosynthesise and survive in Antarctica

H Yin, AV Perera-Castro, KL Randall… - Photosynthesis …, 2023 - Springer
The Antarctic environment is extremely cold, windy and dry. Ozone depletion has resulted in
increasing ultraviolet-B radiation, and increasing greenhouse gases and decreasing …

An overview of bioinformatics, genomics, and transcriptomics resources for bryophytes

N Fernandez-Pozo, FB Haas, SB Gould… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Bryophytes are useful models for the study of plant evolution, development, plant–fungal
symbiosis, stress responses, and gametogenesis. Additionally, their dominant haploid …

Frost damage measured by electrolyte leakage in subarctic bryophytes increases with climate warming

K van Zuijlen, M Kassel, E Dorrepaal… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Observed climate change in northern high latitudes is strongest in winter, but still relatively
little is known about the effects of winter climate change on tundra ecosystems. Ongoing …

The outstanding capacity of Prasiola antarctica to thrive in contrasting harsh environments relies on the constitutive protection of thylakoids and on morphological …

MI Arzac, J Miranda‐Apodaca, A de Los Ríos… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The determination of physiological tolerance ranges of photosynthetic species and of the
biochemical mechanisms underneath are fundamental to identify target processes and …

Uphill energy transfer mechanism for photosynthesis in an Antarctic alga

M Kosugi, M Kawasaki, Y Shibata, K Hara… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Prasiola crispa, an aerial green alga, forms layered colonies under the severe terrestrial
conditions of Antarctica. Since only far-red light is available at a deep layer of the colony, P …

Cell wall thickness and composition are related to photosynthesis in Antarctic mosses

M Roig‐Oliver, C Douthe, J Bota… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cell wall thickness (T cw) has been proposed as an important anatomical trait that could
determine photosynthesis through land plants' phylogeny, bryophytes being the plant group …

Metabolic profiling and gene expression analyses provide insights into cold adaptation of an Antarctic moss Pohlia nutans

S Liu, T Li, S Fang, P Zhang, D Yi, B Cong… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and most windy continent on earth. The major terrestrial
vegetation consists of cryptogams (mosses and lichens) and two vascular plant species …

Desiccation–rehydration measurements in bryophytes: current status and future insights

JÁ Morales-Sánchez, K Mark, JPS Souza… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Desiccation–rehydration experiments have been employed over the years to evaluate
desiccation tolerance of bryophytes (Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta, and Anthocerotophyta) …