Measurements of Seasonal Rates and Annual Budgets of Organic Carbon Fluxes in an Antarctic Coastal Environment at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Suggest a Broad Balance between Production and Decomposition

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Nedwell, D. B., Walker, T. R., Ellis-Evans, J. C., Clarke, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.59.12.3989-3995.1993; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.59.12.3989-3995.1993

We report here the first comprehensive seasonal study of benthic microbial activity in an Antarctic coastal environment. Measurements were made from December 1990 to February 1992 of oxygen uptake and sulfate reduction by inshore coastal sediments at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. F...