Growth of elaborate microbial pinnacles in Lake Vanda, Antarctica

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Sumner, D. Y., Jungblut, A. D., Hawes, I., Andersen, D. T., Mackey, T. J., Wall, K.
• Other Authors: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Lake Vanda; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Pinnacle; Vanda; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12188; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgbi.12188; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gbi.12188; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/gbi.12188

Abstract Microbial pinnacles in ice‐covered Lake Vanda, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, extend from the base of the ice to more than 50 m water depth. The distribution of microbial communities, their photosynthetic potential, and pinnacle morphology affects the local accumulation of biomass, which...