Seasonal Snowpack Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry on a High Arctic Ice Cap Reveals Negligible Autotrophic Activity During Spring and Summer Melt

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Dayal, Archana, Hodson, Andrew, Šabacká, M., Smalley, A.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Foxfonna; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3103112; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007176

Snowpack ecosystem studies are primarily derived from research on snow-on-soil ecosystems. Greater research attention needs to be directed to the study of glacial snow covers as most snow cover lies on glaciers and ice sheets. With rising temperatures, snowpacks are getting wetter, which can potenti...