Resumen de Lichen-Moss associations in plant communities of the Southwest Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica

Felipe de Carvahlo Victoria, Margéli Pereira de Albuquerque, Antonio Batista Pereira

• The phytosociology of plant communities in the Admiralty Bay ice-free areas (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) was investigated during the 2003/04 summer seasons. In this study associations among lichens and mosses were found, where the lichen species are dominant in the samples. A total of 10 associations are identified. For each association found in this work, descriptions are given and comments about their ecology and distribution in the study area are made.