Energetic and Environmental Constraints on the Community Structure of Benthic Microbial Mats in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Dillon, Megan L., Hawes, Ian, Jungblut, Anne D., Mackey, Tyler J., Eisen, Jonathan A., Doran, Peter T., Sumner, Dawn Y.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1625319; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1625319; https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz207

Ecological communities are regulated by the flow of energy through environments. Energy flow is typically limited by access to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and oxygen concentration (O2). The microbial mats growing on the bottom of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica, have well-defined environmenta...