Microbial Community Dynamics in Two Polar Extremes: The Lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys and the West Antarctic Peninsula Marine Ecosystem

• Main Authors: Bowman, Jeff S., Oceanog, La Jolla, Vick-Majors, Trista J., Morgan-Kiss, Rachael M., Takacs-Vesbach, Cristina, Ducklow, Hugh W., Priscu, John C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; McMurdo Dry Valleys; McMurdo Lake; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/12840

The Palmer and McMurdo LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) sites represent climatic and trophic extremes on the Antarctic continent. Despite these differences, the microbial components of the McMurdo lake and Palmer marine ecosystems share fundamental characteristics, including the production of or...