LITERARY SPECIMEN

Latitude: 77.017
Longitude: 15.87097

Coord.prec.:

300

West Spitsbergen island. The north coast of Hornsund bay. The slope of S exposure Gnålberget mountain. At the foot of the Gnalberget rocky cliffs. Material was collected from soil surface, between single tussocks of Poa alpina var. vivipara and Cochlearia groenlandica. Soils were strongly fertilized with nitrogen and phosphorus from bird excrements.

Substrate:

Soil

Reserve:

Sor-Spitsbergen nasjonalpark

Country:

Norway

Province:

Spitsbergen Archipelago

Reference:

Matuła J., Pietryka M., Richter D., Wojtuń B. Cyanoprokaryota and algae, 2007.