Novel biogenic aggregation of moss gemmae on a disappearing African glacier.

Tropical regions are not well represented in glacier biology, yet many tropical glaciers are under threat of disappearance due to climate change. Here we report a novel biogenic aggregation at the terminus of a glacier in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. The material was formed by uniseriate protonem...

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Main Authors: Jun Uetake, Sota Tanaka, Kosuke Hara, Yukiko Tanabe, Denis Samyn, Hideaki Motoyama, Satoshi Imura, Shiro Kohshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4234412?pdf=render