Epiphytic diatom community structure and richness is determined by macroalgal host and location in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

• Andrea M. Burfeid-Castellanos ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrea.burfeid-castellanos@uni-due.de

  Affiliation Universität Duisburg-Essen, Phycology, Essen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-3157

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• Rafael P. Martín-Martín,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain

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• Michael Kloster,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Universität Duisburg-Essen, Phycology, Essen, Germany

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• Carlos Angulo-Preckler,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9028-274X

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• Conxita Avila,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Biology, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences, and Institute of Biodiversity Research (IrBIO), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5489-8376

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• Bánk Beszteri

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Universität Duisburg-Essen, Phycology, Essen, Germany

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