Coastal Bacterial Community Response to Glacier Melting in the Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: María Estrella Alcamán-Arias, Sebastián Fuentes-Alburquenque, Pablo Vergara-Barros, Jerónimo Cifuentes-Anticevic, Josefa Verdugo, Martin Polz, Laura Farías, Carlos Pedrós-Alió, Beatriz Díez
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: glacial melting; bacterial microbial community; coastal Antarctic zone; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenwich; Greenwich Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9010088

Current warming in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) has multiple effects on the marine ecosystem, modifying the trophic web and the nutrient regime. In this study, the effect of decreased surface salinity on the marine microbial community as a consequence of freshening from nearby glaciers was...