Importance of environmental factors over habitat connectivity in shaping bacterial communities in microbial mats and bacterioplankton in an Antarctic freshwater system

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Ramoneda, Josep, Hawes, Ian, Pascual-García, Alberto, J. Mackey, Tyler, Y. Sumner, Dawn, D. Jungblut, Anne
• Other Authors: Natural History Museum, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, British Phycological Society, Antarctica New Zealand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Brownworth; Glacial Lake; Lake Brownworth; Lake Vanda; Onyx River; Vanda; Wright Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab044; http://academic.oup.com/femsec/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/femsec/fiab044/36623634/fiab044.pdf; http://academic.oup.com/femsec/article-pdf/97/4/fiab044/36855492/fiab044.pdf

ABSTRACT Freshwater ecosystems are considered hotspots of biodiversity in Antarctic polar deserts. Anticipated warming is expected to change the hydrology of these systems due to increased meltwater and reduction of ice cover, with implications for environmental conditions and physical connectivity...