Large cryoconite aggregates on a Svalbard glacier support a diverse microbial community including ammonia-oxidizing archaea

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Jakub D Zarsky, Marek Stibal, Andy Hodson, Birgit Sattler, Morten Schostag, Lars H Hansen, Carsten S Jacobsen, Roland Psenner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: glacier; cryoconite; microbial diversity; nitrogen; ammonia oxidation; Svalbard; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Aldegondabreen; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035044; https://doaj.org/article/63f529921c244cd4a1f25a58870fdefe

The aggregation of surface debris particles on melting glaciers into larger units (cryoconite) provides microenvironments for various microorganisms and metabolic processes. Here we investigate the microbial community on the surface of Aldegondabreen, a valley glacier in Svalbard which is supplied w...