Microbial population responses in three stratified Antarctic meltwater ponds during the autumn freeze

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Safi, Karl, Hawes, Ian, Sorrell, Brian Keith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Bacteria; ciliates; food webs; planktonic communities; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/microbial-population-responses-in-three-stratified-antarctic-meltwater-ponds-during-the-autumn-freeze(f6293f51-6696-4481-aeeb-eba8ea653a41).html; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000636

The planktonic microbial communities of three meltwater ponds, located on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, were investigated from the end of January 2008 to early April, during which almost the entire pond volumes froze. The ponds were comprised of an upper mixed layer overlying a salt-stabilized density grad...