Psychrophilic Biomass Producers in the Trophic Chain of the Microbial Community of Lake Untersee, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Pikuta, Elena V., Hoover, Richard B.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Life Sciences (General); Anuchin Glacier; Untersee; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20100035253

The study of photosynthetic microorganisms from the Lake Untersee samples showed dispersed distribution of phototrophs within ~80 m water column. Lake Untersee represents a unique ecosystem that experienced complete isolation: sealed by the Anuchin Glacier for many millennia. Consequently, its bioce...