In situ dynamics of O2, pH, light and photosynthesis in ikaite tufa columns (Ikka Fjord, Greenland) – a unique microbial habitat.

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Erik Christian Løvbjerg Trampe, Jens Erik Nybo Larsen, Mikkel Andreas Glaring, Peter eStougaard, Michael eKühl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
• Subjects: Photosynthesis; Biofilm; microsensor; extreme environments; Alkaline; Ikaite; Microbiology; QR1-502; Greenland; Ikka
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00722; https://doaj.org/article/82a933b8e1914839982adaf6f8b38987

The Ikka Fjord (SW Greenland) harbors a unique microbial habitat in the form of several hundred submarine tufa columns composed of ikaite, a special hexahydrate form of calcium carbonate that precipitates when alkaline phosphate- and carbonate-enriched spring water seeping out of the sea floor meets...