Response of Antarctic cryoconite microbial communities to light

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Bagshaw, Liz, Wadham, Jemma, Tranter, Martyn, Perkins, Rupert G, Morgan, Alistair, Williamson, Christopher, Fountain, Andrew, Fitzsimons, Sean, Dubnick, Ashley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Cryoconite; Glaciers; PAR; Photophysiology; Antarctic; Arctic; Joyce Glacier; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/response-of-antarctic-cryoconite-microbial-communities-to-light(e4d7c05b-e556-4977-b47e-014a3b5b9c36).html; https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw076

Microbial communities on polar glacier surfaces are found dispersed on the ice surface, or concentrated in cryoconite holes and cryolakes, which are accumulations of debris covered by a layer of ice for some or all of the year. The ice lid limits the penetration of photosynthetically available radia...