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- Title
Primary colonization of Surtsey, with special reference to the blue-green algae.
- Authors
Brock, Thomas D.
- Abstract
Blue-green algae were sought in the pioneer plant communities of Surtsey but were found to be extremely minor in importance. The algal mats found in a few locations were composed of coccoid chlorophytes. The primary colonizers of Surtsey are mosses and lichens on hard substrata and vascular plants on ash. The results are compared with those of Krakatau, where blue-green algae were primary colonizers, and Katmai, where they were not.
- Subjects
SURTSEY (Iceland); ICELAND; PLANT colonization; COLONIZATION (Ecology); ECOLOGY; PLANT ecology; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTES
- Publication
Oikos, 1973, Vol 24, Issue 2, p239
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3543880