Catchment characteristics and seasonality control the composition of microbial assemblages exported from three outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Vrbická, Kristýna, Kohler, Tyler J., Falteisek, Lukáš, Hawkings, Jon R., Vinšová, Petra, Bulínová, Marie, Lamarche-Gagnon, Guillaume, Hofer, Stefan, Kellerman, Anne M., Holt, Amy D., Cameron, Karen A., Schön, Martina, Wadham, Jemma L., Stibal, Marek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: Greenland; Isunnguata Sermia; Leverett Glacier; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/287718/; https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/287718/1/287718.pdf

Glacial meltwater drains into proglacial rivers where it interacts with the surrounding landscape, collecting microbial cells as it travels downstream. Characterizing the composition of the resulting microbial assemblages in transport can inform us about intra-annual changes in meltwater flowpaths b...