f940af47-40c7-4509-8d03-7d35b9008b27 English UTF-8 Dataset Mr. Sakthivel Samy V National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) +91-832-2525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND vssamy@ncpor.res.in Point of contact 2020-12-14 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Bryoflora of Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica A Preliminary Study. 2020-09-18 Creation Document digital Systematic survery and collection of bryophytes was carried out in Schirmacher Oasis and its environs during the austral summer of 1997. Nine species of mosses under five genera and four families have been recorded including sporophyte bearing plants of Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) Schwaegr. In terms of available of water and the temperature regime, the two vital environmental factors, the Antarctica represents climatically the harshest region of the world. The only paraller of the Antarctic biome that could be seen elsewhere, though with only a small degree of overlap, is that with arctic and alpine turndra. Whereas, the extreme conditions met in the interior of the continent more or less present the ?Martian environment?(Vishniac &amp Mainzer, 1973 Walton, 1987). The Antarctic terrestrial biological diversity is, therefore, confined to ice-free areas of coastal outcrops and offshore islands, inland nunataks, mountain ranges and Oases. Completed Dr. D K Singh National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) 8322525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND ictd@ncpor.res.in Principal investigator Earth Science-Biological Classification Theme Schirmacher Oasis Antarctic Place Bryoflora of Schirmacher Oasis Project English biota 20.0 140.0 -90.0 30.0 1996-01-01 1997-12-31 TableDigital unknown unknown Mr. Sakthivel Samy V National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) +91-832-2525515 Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804 Vasco-da-Gama Goa 403804 IND vssamy@ncpor.res.in Distributor http://npdc.ncaor.gov.in/npdc/search_mf_data.action?search=freeText&expedition_type=all&parameter=MF-137842315&userType=user&freeTextValue=Bryoflora+of+Schirmacher+Oasis%2C+East+Antarctica%3A+A+Preliminary+Study.