TY - JOUR N2 - In the Admiralty Bay 36 taxa of macroalgae were found. Among them the most common were: green alga Monostroma hariotti, red algae — Georgiella confluens, Iridaea cordata, Leptosarca simplex and Plocamium cartilagineum, and brown algae — Adenocystis utricularis, Ascoseira mirabilis, Desmarestia anceps, D. ligulata, D. menziesii and Himatothallus grandifolius. The bottom surface covered with macroalgae (in the orthogonal projection on the water mirror) amounts to 36,9 km2 i.e. 31% of the total surface of the bay. In the central part of the Admiralty Bay the macroalgae aggregations occupy 35% of the bottom surface and are most abundant in respect to the density, biomass, number of taxa (33) and diversity. There were distinguished 3 zones of vertical distribution of phytobenthos in the Admiralty Bay. I zone includes the macroalgae in epilittoral, littoral and sublittoral to the depth of 10 m. II and III zones are situated in sublittoral within the depths of 10 60 m and 60—90 m, respectively. Each zone is characterized by the occurrence of different aggregation of taxa. The bottom areas belong to I, II and III zone of macroalgae make 28%, 64% and 8% respectively in relation to the total surface of phytobenthos in the bay. Vertical range of the distinguished zones varies in different parts of the Bay in relation to the bottom character. Macroalgae occur down to the depth of 90 —100 m. The composition of the macroalgae flora evidences for its transitory character between the benthic subantarctic flora and that of the areas adjacent to the Antarctic continent. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111165/PDF-MASTER/1990-1-2_095-131.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111165 PY - 1990 IS - No 1-2 EP - 131 KW - Antarctic KW - South Shetland Islands KW - benthos KW - macroalgae A1 - Zieliński, Krzysztof PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 11 DA - 1990 T1 - Bottom macroalgae of the Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica) SP - 95 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111165 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -