Cryoconite Hole Location in East-Antarctic Untersee Oasis Shapes Physical and Biological Diversity

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Klemens Weisleitner, Alexandra Kristin Perras, Seraphin Hubert Unterberger, Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Dale T. Andersen, Birgit Sattler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Anuchin Glacier; 16S rRNA; cryoconite holes; mineralogy; archaea; bacterial activity; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Untersee; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01165; https://doaj.org/article/a148d11178cb4f9eb5153065d8b561d4

Antarctic cryoconite holes (CHs) are mostly perennially ice-lidded and sediment-filled depressions that constitute important features on glaciers and ice sheets. Once being hydrologically connected, these microbially dominated mini-ecosystems provide nutrients and biota for downstream environments....