Protist diversity in a permanently ice-covered Antarctic Lake during the polar night transition

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Bielewicz, Scott, Bell, Elanor, Kong, Weidong, Friedberg, Iddo, Priscu, John C, Morgan-Kiss, Rachael M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2011
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; polar night
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.23; http://www.nature.com/articles/ismej201123.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/ismej201123; https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article-pdf/5/9/1559/56547685/41396_2011_article_bfismej201123.pdf

Abstract The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica harbor numerous permanently ice-covered lakes, which provide a year-round oasis for microbial life. Microbial eukaryotes in these lakes occupy a variety of trophic levels within the simple aquatic food web ranging from primary producers to tertiary pred...