Environmental factors influencing diatom communities in Antarctic cryoconite holes

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: L F Stanish, E A Bagshaw, D M McKnight, A G Fountain, M Tranter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: diatoms; cryoconite holes; dry valley glaciers; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045006; https://doaj.org/article/73b796a9e7634a40a80a82e093ee5c81

Cryoconite holes are ice-bound habitats that can act as refuges for aquatic and terrestrial microorganisms on glacier surfaces. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, these holes are often capped by an ice lid that prevents the exchange of material and gases with the surrounding atmosphere and aq...