Whole Community Metatranscriptomes and Lipidomes Reveal Diverse Responses Among Antarctic Phytoplankton to Changing Ice Conditions

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jeff S. Bowman, Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy, Daniel P. Lowenstein, Helen F. Fredricks, Colleen M. Hansel, Rebecca Gast, James R. Collins, Nicole Couto, Hugh W. Ducklow
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; phytoplankton; lipids; metatranscriptomics; Palmer LTER project; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arthur Harbor; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.593566; https://doaj.org/article/f47df1b6aa5240ff91047b19a9151d02

The transition from winter to spring represents a major shift in the basal energy source for the Antarctic marine ecosystem from lipids and other sources of stored energy to sunlight. Because sea ice imposes a strong control on the transmission of sunlight into the water column during the polar spri...