Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Cryoconite holes, supraglacial ponds and moulins of the Greenland Ice Sheet were surveyed for microbiota and meiofauna. These habitats are colonised by depauperate communities of widespread/cosmopolitan microbes, microalgae, rotifers and tardigrades. All colonists are generalists, pre-adapted to cop...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:503500 2023-05-15T16:26:24+02:00 Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet Grongaard, Anette Pugh, Philip J.A. McInnes, Sandra J. 1999 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503500/ unknown Gustav Fischer Verlag Grongaard, Anette; Pugh, Philip J.A.; McInnes, Sandra J. orcid:0000-0003-3403-9379 . 1999 Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 238 (3-4). 211-214. Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1999 ftnerc 2023-02-04T19:37:54Z Cryoconite holes, supraglacial ponds and moulins of the Greenland Ice Sheet were surveyed for microbiota and meiofauna. These habitats are colonised by depauperate communities of widespread/cosmopolitan microbes, microalgae, rotifers and tardigrades. All colonists are generalists, pre-adapted to cope with the extreme environmental conditions of, and are effectively stranded in, cryoconite deposits. Cryoconite biota may seed similar local habitats, though it is unlikely that they can escape to colonise new ones, and so they survive in situ until they are ultimately washed into the glacial drainage system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Greenland |
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Cryoconite holes, supraglacial ponds and moulins of the Greenland Ice Sheet were surveyed for microbiota and meiofauna. These habitats are colonised by depauperate communities of widespread/cosmopolitan microbes, microalgae, rotifers and tardigrades. All colonists are generalists, pre-adapted to cope with the extreme environmental conditions of, and are effectively stranded in, cryoconite deposits. Cryoconite biota may seed similar local habitats, though it is unlikely that they can escape to colonise new ones, and so they survive in situ until they are ultimately washed into the glacial drainage system. |
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Grongaard, Anette Pugh, Philip J.A. McInnes, Sandra J. |
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Grongaard, Anette Pugh, Philip J.A. McInnes, Sandra J. Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Grongaard, Anette Pugh, Philip J.A. McInnes, Sandra J. |
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Grongaard, Anette |
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Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the greenland ice sheet |
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Gustav Fischer Verlag |
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1999 |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503500/ |
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Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Grongaard, Anette; Pugh, Philip J.A.; McInnes, Sandra J. orcid:0000-0003-3403-9379 . 1999 Tardigrades, and other cryoconite biota, on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 238 (3-4). 211-214. |
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