Subglacial LakeWhillans microbial biogeochemistry:A synthesis of current knowledge

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Mikucki, Jill A, Lee, P. A., Ghosh, D., Purcell, A. M., Mitchell, A. C., Mankoff, K. D., Fisher, A. T., Tulaczyk, S., Carter, S., Siegfried, M. R., Fricker, H. A., Hodson, T., Coenen, Marieke J H, Powell, R., Scherer, R., Vick-Majors, T., Achberger, A. A., Christner, B. C., Tranter, Martyn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctica; Geomicrobiology; Microbial diversity; Subglacial lakes; Whillans Ice Stream; WISSARD; Antarc*; Antarctic; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/9abd2f51-9869-41d4-89ec-88e910aad506; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0290

Liquid water occurs below glaciers and ice sheets globally enabling the existence of an array of aquatic microbial ecosystems. In Antarctica, large subglacial lakes are present beneath hundreds to thousands of metres of ice, and scientific interest in exploring these environments has escalated over...