Microbial Communities in Coastal Glaciers and Tidewater Tongues of Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Global warming is having a great impact on the Arctic region, due to the change of air temperature and precipitation. As a consequence, the glacial ice melts and englacial materials are being transported into the ocean. These substances can constitute a source of nutrients in food webs or, on the co...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2c35c25e052545db8583a7c6df0bfba3 2023-05-15T15:00:49+02:00 Microbial Communities in Coastal Glaciers and Tidewater Tongues of Svalbard Archipelago, Norway Eva Garcia-Lopez Irene Rodriguez-Lorente Paula Alcazar Cristina Cid 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00512 https://doaj.org/article/2c35c25e052545db8583a7c6df0bfba3 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00512/full https://doaj.org/toc/2296-7745 2296-7745 doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00512 https://doaj.org/article/2c35c25e052545db8583a7c6df0bfba3 Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 5 (2019) coastal glaciers next-generation sequencing food web Svalbard archipelago Arctic Science Q General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00512 2022-12-30T23:35:22Z Global warming is having a great impact on the Arctic region, due to the change of air temperature and precipitation. As a consequence, the glacial ice melts and englacial materials are being transported into the ocean. These substances can constitute a source of nutrients in food webs or, on the contrary, a source of contaminants. In this research seven marine Svalbard glaciers and their tidewater tongues were focused. This survey provides a first attempt comparing microbial communities from coastal and tidewater glaciers that reveal a hitherto unknown microbial diversity. A wider diversity was found in glaciers than in seawater samples. Glacier microorganisms mainly corresponded to the phylum Proteobacteria (48.8%), Bacteroidetes (29.1%) and Cyanobacteria (16.3%) (Figure 3A). Seawater microorganisms belonged to Bacteroidetes (40.3%), Actinobacteria (31.7%) and Proteobacteria (25.4%). Other phyla found such as Firmicutes, Thermi, Gemmatimonadetes, Verrucomicrobia, Nitrospirae, Chloroflexi, Planctomycetes, and Chlamydiae were less abundant. The distribution of microbial communities was affected in different extent by the concentration of nutrients (nitrogen nutrients, dissolved organic carbon and soluble reactive phosphorus) and by environmental parameters such as salinity. Nevertheless, the environmental variables did not influence in the distribution of the microbial communities as much as the concentration of nutrients did. Our results demonstrate an interchange between glacier and coastal microbial populations as well as the presence of some indicator species (i.e., Hymenobacter) as possible sentinels for bacterial transport between glaciers and their downstream seawaters. The consequence of this process could be the alteration of the water composition of the fiords producing serious consequences throughout the marine ecosystem and in the cycling of globally important elements. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier glacier Global warming Svalbard Tidewater Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Frontiers in Marine Science 5 |
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Global warming is having a great impact on the Arctic region, due to the change of air temperature and precipitation. As a consequence, the glacial ice melts and englacial materials are being transported into the ocean. These substances can constitute a source of nutrients in food webs or, on the contrary, a source of contaminants. In this research seven marine Svalbard glaciers and their tidewater tongues were focused. This survey provides a first attempt comparing microbial communities from coastal and tidewater glaciers that reveal a hitherto unknown microbial diversity. A wider diversity was found in glaciers than in seawater samples. Glacier microorganisms mainly corresponded to the phylum Proteobacteria (48.8%), Bacteroidetes (29.1%) and Cyanobacteria (16.3%) (Figure 3A). Seawater microorganisms belonged to Bacteroidetes (40.3%), Actinobacteria (31.7%) and Proteobacteria (25.4%). Other phyla found such as Firmicutes, Thermi, Gemmatimonadetes, Verrucomicrobia, Nitrospirae, Chloroflexi, Planctomycetes, and Chlamydiae were less abundant. The distribution of microbial communities was affected in different extent by the concentration of nutrients (nitrogen nutrients, dissolved organic carbon and soluble reactive phosphorus) and by environmental parameters such as salinity. Nevertheless, the environmental variables did not influence in the distribution of the microbial communities as much as the concentration of nutrients did. Our results demonstrate an interchange between glacier and coastal microbial populations as well as the presence of some indicator species (i.e., Hymenobacter) as possible sentinels for bacterial transport between glaciers and their downstream seawaters. The consequence of this process could be the alteration of the water composition of the fiords producing serious consequences throughout the marine ecosystem and in the cycling of globally important elements. |
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Eva Garcia-Lopez Irene Rodriguez-Lorente Paula Alcazar Cristina Cid |
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Eva Garcia-Lopez Irene Rodriguez-Lorente Paula Alcazar Cristina Cid |
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Microbial Communities in Coastal Glaciers and Tidewater Tongues of Svalbard Archipelago, Norway |
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Microbial Communities in Coastal Glaciers and Tidewater Tongues of Svalbard Archipelago, Norway |
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Microbial Communities in Coastal Glaciers and Tidewater Tongues of Svalbard Archipelago, Norway |
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Microbial Communities in Coastal Glaciers and Tidewater Tongues of Svalbard Archipelago, Norway |
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Microbial Communities in Coastal Glaciers and Tidewater Tongues of Svalbard Archipelago, Norway |
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microbial communities in coastal glaciers and tidewater tongues of svalbard archipelago, norway |
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2019 |
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00512 https://doaj.org/article/2c35c25e052545db8583a7c6df0bfba3 |
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Arctic Norway Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago |
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Arctic Norway Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago |
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Arctic glacier glacier Global warming Svalbard Tidewater |
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Arctic glacier glacier Global warming Svalbard Tidewater |
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