Coastal Bacterial Community Response to Glacier Melting in the Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Alcamán-Arias, María Estrella, Fuentes-Alburquenque, Sebastián, Vergara-Barros, Pablo, Cifuentes-Anticevic, Jerónimo, Verdugo, Josefa, Polz, Martin, Farías, Laura, Pedrós-Alió, Carlos, Díez, Beatriz
• Other Authors: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (Chile), Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Instituto Antártico Chileno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Glacial melting; Bacterial microbial community; Coastal Antarctic zone; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenwich; Greenwich Island; Inach; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/227855; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9010088; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002850; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

© 2021 by the authors. Current warming in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) has multiple effects on the marine ecosystem, modifying the trophic web and the nutrient regime. In this study, the effect of decreased surface salinity on the marine microbial community as a consequence of freshening fr...