Arctic microbial ecosystems and impacts of extreme warming during the International Polar Year.

• Published in: Polar Science
• Main Authors: Vincent, Warwick F., Whyte, Lyle G., Lovejoy, Connie, Greer, Charles W., Laurion, Isabelle, Suttle, Curtis A., Corbeil, Jacques, Mueller, Derek R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystems; ice; microbiology; permafrost; Canada; Hunt Island; Markham; Ward Hunt Island; Arctic biodiversity; Climate change; Ice; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; International Polar Year; Markham Ice Shelf; Polar Science; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/10743/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2009.05.004

As a contribution to the International Polar Year program MERGE (Microbiological and Ecological Responses to Global Environmental change in polar regions), studies were conducted on the terrestrial and aquatic microbial ecosystems of northern Canada (details at: http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/merge/ ). Th...