caa a22 4500 605527563 CHVBK 20210128100809.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0890-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0890-z Diversity of cyanobacteria on rock surfaces [Elektronische Daten] [Tomáš Hauer, Radka Mühlsteinová, Markéta Bohunická, Jan Kaštovský, Jan Mareš] Terrestrial cyanobacteria dwelling on rocks and stone walls represent an important but still understudied part of global biodiversity, despite their substantial importance to the environment. Microbial biofilms, including those formed by cyanobacteria, play an essential role in the succession on rock habitats as they possess a unique ability to gradually change the biotope. In this review, we have gathered 180 research publications reporting on occurrence of 762 species of terrestrial cyanobacteria on rock surfaces worldwide. Despite the long history of phycological research in general, Europe remains the most thoroughly explored region in the field of terrestrial phycology. A total of 401 taxa records from aerial epilithic habitats have been reported from this subcontinent. With regard to the lack of comparably comprehensive studies from different areas of the world, reliable comparisons of species richness among different geographical regions and climatic zones are not available at the moment. Heterocytous and coccoid cyanobacteria prevailed on the rocks and stones in terms of biomass, however, the species richness seemed to be distributed equally among coccoid (269 taxa), simple filamentous (275 taxa), and heterocytous (218 taxa) forms. As the heterogeneity of the available data shows, further thorough research on this often neglected group of organisms is desirable. To set a starting point for such an effort, this review summarizes the current state of knowledge on aerial epilithic cyanobacterial communities on both natural and anthropogenic stone surfaces around the world. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Biodeterioration nationallicence Diversity nationallicence Blue-green algae nationallicence Caves nationallicence Subaerophytic nationallicence Hauer Tomáš Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut Mühlsteinová Radka Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut Bohunická Markéta Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut Kaštovský Jan Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic aut Mareš Jan Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/4(2015-04-01), 759-779 0960-3115 24:4<759 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0890-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0890-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hauer Tomáš Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mühlsteinová Radka Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bohunická Markéta Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kaštovský Jan Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mareš Jan Centre for Phycology, Institute of Botany CAS, Dukelská 135, 37982, Třeboň, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/4(2015-04-01), 759-779 0960-3115 24:4<759 2015 24 10531