Growth dynamics of a laminated microbial mat in response to variable irradiance in an Antarctic lake

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Hawes, Ian, Jungblut, Anne D., Obryk, Maciej K., Doran, Peter T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2016
• Subjects: 16S rRNA gene; Benthic; Cyanobacteria; Environmental change; Lake Fryxell; Antarctic; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Hoare; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/601; https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12715; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/geo_pubs/article/1600/viewcontent/601.pdf

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Laminated microbial mats are important ecosystem components of perennially ice-covered Antarctic dry valley lakes. In order to understand better their response to changing environment, we made observations and carried out a manipulation experiment to determine their...