Revista Chilena de Historia Natural ISSN: 0716-078X
[email protected] Sociedad de Biología de Chile Chile Putzke, Jair; Athanásio, Camila G; Pereira de Albuquerque, Margéli; Victoria, Filipe C; Pereira, Antonio B Comparative study of moss diversity in South Shetland Islands and in the Antarctic Peninsula Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, vol. 88, 2015, pp. 1-6 Sociedad de Biología de Chile Santiago, Chile Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=369944182006 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Putzke et al. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (2015) 88:6 DOI 10.1186/s40693-014-0033-z SHORT REPORT Open Access Comparative study of moss diversity in South Shetland Islands and in the Antarctic Peninsula Jair Putzke1,2, Camila G Athanásio2, Margéli Pereira de Albuquerque2, Filipe C Victoria2* and Antonio B Pereira2 Abstract Background: This paper presents a comparative study of moss diversity in three collection sites in the South Shetland Islands (King George, Elephant, and Nelson Islands) and one in the Antarctic Continent (Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula). In the King George, Elephant, and Nelson Islands, the collections were done in ice-free areas during the austral summers of years 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. In Hope Bay, the collections were done in the 2009 summer (February). All collections were deposited in the HCB (Chaves Batista Herbarium). Findings: The King George Area is the most diverse area and the Hope Bay has the lowest diversity stats.