Mesoscale distribution and functional diversity of picoeukaryotes in the first-year sea ice of the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Piwosz, Kasia, Wiktor, Józef Maria, Niemi, Andrea, Tatarek, Agnieszka, Michel, Christine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Cornwallis; Barrow Strait; Cornwallis Island; Arctic Archipelago; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.39; http://www.nature.com/articles/ismej201339.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/ismej201339; https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article-pdf/7/8/1461/56426293/41396_2013_article_bfismej201339.pdf

Abstract Sea ice, a characteristic feature of polar waters, is home to diverse microbial communities. Sea-ice picoeukaryotes (unicellular eukaryotes with cell size <3 μm) have received little attention compared with diatoms that dominate the spring bloom in Arctic first-year sea ice. Here, we...