Phytoplankton Community Structure Across a Fjord in the West Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Hamilton, Maria, Jae Choi, Chang, Charmaine, Cheuk Man Yung, Mascioni, Martina, Vernet, Maria, Worden, Alexandra
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CRYPTOPHYTES; 16S SRNA; STRAMENOPILES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Andvord; Andvord Bay; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austin; Austral; Inner Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/155171

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is considered vulnerable to warming, yet we still know little about the molecular diversity of the phytoplankton inhabiting WAP fjords. We examined phytoplankton community structure during two WAP expeditions using 16S rRNA gene V1-V2 amplicon sequencing, phylogene...