A spatial investigation of the environmental controls over cryoconite aggregation on Longyearbreen glacier, Svalbard

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Langford, H.J., Irvine-Fynn, T.D.L., Edwards, A., Banwart, S.A., Hodson, A.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Longyearbreen; glacier
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/87939/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/87939/1/WRRO_87939.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5365-2014

A cryoconite granule is a near-spherical aggregation of biota and abiotic particles found upon glacier surfaces. Recently, microstructural studies have revealed that photosynthetic microorganisms and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are omnipresent within cryoconite granules and have suggest...