Patterns in Microbial Assemblages Exported From the Meltwater of Arctic and Sub-Arctic Glaciers

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Kohler, Tyler J., Vinšová, Petra, Falteisek, Lukáš, Žárský, Jakub D., Yde, Jacob C., Hatton, Jade E., Hawkings, Jon R., Lamarche-Gagnon, Guillaume, Hood, Eran, Cameron, Karen, Stibal, Marek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: glacial runoff; 16S rRNA gene; polar stream; biogeography; cryosphere; hydrology; Arctic; Svalbard; Greenland; Norway; Qeqertarsuaq; glaciers; Ice Sheet; Iceland; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2736563; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00669

Meltwater streams connect the glacial cryosphere with downstream ecosystems. Dissolved and particulate matter exported from glacial ecosystems originates from contrasting supraglacial and subglacial environments, and exported microbial cells have the potential to serve as ecological and hydrological...