Nutrient and population dynamics in a subglacial reservoir: a simulation case study of the Blood Falls ecosystem with implications for astrobiology

• Published in: International Journal of Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Fisher, Thomson Mason, Schulze-Makuch, Dirk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Space and Planetary Science; Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Blood Falls; Taylor Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s147355041300013x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S147355041300013X

Abstract Subglacial ecosystems have recently become of interest within the astrobiological community, as they represent a potentially habitable location in otherwise uninhabitable environments. We used data from Blood Falls, particularly the periodic discharge from the subglacial reservoir beneath T...