Organic and mineral imprints in fossil photosynthetic mats of an East Antarctic lake

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Lepot, K., Compère, P., Gérard, E., Namsaraev, Z., Verleyen, E., Tavernier, I., Hodgson, D. A., Vyverman, W., Gilbert, B., Wilmotte, A., Javaux, E. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; Lützow-Holm Bay; Skarvsnes; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507876/; https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12096

Lacustrine microbial mats in Antarctic ice-free oases are considered modern analogues of early microbial ecosystems as their primary production is generally dominated by cyanobacteria, the heterotrophic food chain typically truncated due to extreme environmental conditions, and they are geographical...