Snow algae communities in Antarctica: metabolic and taxonomic composition

• Published in: New Phytologist
• Main Authors: Davey, Matthew P., Norman, Louisa, Sterk, Peter, Huete‐Ortega, Maria, Bunbury, Freddy, Loh, Bradford Kin Wai, Stockton, Sian, Peck, Lloyd S., Convey, Peter, Newsham, Kevin K., Smith, Alison G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
• Subjects: Research; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6492300/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30667072; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15701

Snow algae are found in snowfields across cold regions of the planet, forming highly visible red and green patches below and on the snow surface. In Antarctica, they contribute significantly to terrestrial net primary productivity due to the paucity of land plants, but our knowledge of these communi...