Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Glacial meltwater drains into proglacial rivers where it interacts with the surrounding landscape, collecting microbial cells as it travels downstream. Characterizing the composition of the resulting microbial assemblages in transport can inform us about intra-annual changes in meltwater flowpaths b...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:910565a9cdba423fbc662681bda4af2c 2023-05-15T16:21:12+02:00 Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet Kristýna Vrbická Tyler J. Kohler Lukáš Falteisek Jon R. Hawkings Petra Vinšová Marie Bulínová Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon Stefan Hofer Anne M. Kellerman Amy D. Holt Karen A. Cameron Martina Schön Jemma L. Wadham Marek Stibal 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035197 https://doaj.org/article/910565a9cdba423fbc662681bda4af2c EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035197/full https://doaj.org/toc/1664-302X 1664-302X doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035197 https://doaj.org/article/910565a9cdba423fbc662681bda4af2c Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 13 (2022) ecological indicators subglacial drainage system glacial hydrology proglacial stream 16S rRNA gene Microbiology QR1-502 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035197 2022-12-30T19:42:37Z Glacial meltwater drains into proglacial rivers where it interacts with the surrounding landscape, collecting microbial cells as it travels downstream. Characterizing the composition of the resulting microbial assemblages in transport can inform us about intra-annual changes in meltwater flowpaths beneath the glacier as well as hydrological connectivity with proglacial areas. Here, we investigated how the structure of suspended microbial assemblages evolves over the course of a melt season for three proglacial catchments of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), reasoning that differences in glacier size and the proportion of glacierized versus non-glacierized catchment areas will influence both the identity and relative abundance of microbial taxa in transport. Streamwater samples were taken at the same time each day over a period of 3 weeks (summer 2018) to identify temporal patterns in microbial assemblages for three outlet glaciers of the GrIS, which differed in glacier size (smallest to largest; Russell, Leverett, and Isunnguata Sermia [IS]) and their glacierized: proglacial catchment area ratio (Leverett, 76; Isunnguata Sermia, 25; Russell, 2). DNA was extracted from samples, and 16S rRNA gene amplicons sequenced to characterize the structure of assemblages. We found that microbial diversity was significantly greater in Isunnguata Sermia and Russell Glacier rivers compared to Leverett Glacier, the latter of which having the smallest relative proglacial catchment area. Furthermore, the microbial diversity of the former two catchments continued to increase over monitored period, presumably due to increasing hydrologic connectivity with proglacial habitats. Meanwhile, diversity decreased over the monitored period in Leverett, which may have resulted from the evolution of an efficient subglacial drainage system. Linear discriminant analysis further revealed that bacteria characteristic to soils were disproportionately represented in the Isunnguata Sermia river, while putative methylotrophs were disproportionately ... Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Leverett Glacier Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Greenland Leverett Glacier ENVELOPE(-147.583,-147.583,-85.633,-85.633) Isunnguata Sermia ENVELOPE(-50.167,-50.167,67.183,67.183) Frontiers in Microbiology 13 |
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ecological indicators subglacial drainage system glacial hydrology proglacial stream 16S rRNA gene Microbiology QR1-502 Kristýna Vrbická Tyler J. Kohler Lukáš Falteisek Jon R. Hawkings Petra Vinšová Marie Bulínová Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon Stefan Hofer Anne M. Kellerman Amy D. Holt Karen A. Cameron Martina Schön Jemma L. Wadham Marek Stibal Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Glacial meltwater drains into proglacial rivers where it interacts with the surrounding landscape, collecting microbial cells as it travels downstream. Characterizing the composition of the resulting microbial assemblages in transport can inform us about intra-annual changes in meltwater flowpaths beneath the glacier as well as hydrological connectivity with proglacial areas. Here, we investigated how the structure of suspended microbial assemblages evolves over the course of a melt season for three proglacial catchments of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), reasoning that differences in glacier size and the proportion of glacierized versus non-glacierized catchment areas will influence both the identity and relative abundance of microbial taxa in transport. Streamwater samples were taken at the same time each day over a period of 3 weeks (summer 2018) to identify temporal patterns in microbial assemblages for three outlet glaciers of the GrIS, which differed in glacier size (smallest to largest; Russell, Leverett, and Isunnguata Sermia [IS]) and their glacierized: proglacial catchment area ratio (Leverett, 76; Isunnguata Sermia, 25; Russell, 2). DNA was extracted from samples, and 16S rRNA gene amplicons sequenced to characterize the structure of assemblages. We found that microbial diversity was significantly greater in Isunnguata Sermia and Russell Glacier rivers compared to Leverett Glacier, the latter of which having the smallest relative proglacial catchment area. Furthermore, the microbial diversity of the former two catchments continued to increase over monitored period, presumably due to increasing hydrologic connectivity with proglacial habitats. Meanwhile, diversity decreased over the monitored period in Leverett, which may have resulted from the evolution of an efficient subglacial drainage system. Linear discriminant analysis further revealed that bacteria characteristic to soils were disproportionately represented in the Isunnguata Sermia river, while putative methylotrophs were disproportionately ... |
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Kristýna Vrbická Tyler J. Kohler Lukáš Falteisek Jon R. Hawkings Petra Vinšová Marie Bulínová Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon Stefan Hofer Anne M. Kellerman Amy D. Holt Karen A. Cameron Martina Schön Jemma L. Wadham Marek Stibal |
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Kristýna Vrbická Tyler J. Kohler Lukáš Falteisek Jon R. Hawkings Petra Vinšová Marie Bulínová Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon Stefan Hofer Anne M. Kellerman Amy D. Holt Karen A. Cameron Martina Schön Jemma L. Wadham Marek Stibal |
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Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the greenland ice sheet |
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