Shifts in coastal Antarctic marine microbial communities during and after melt water-related surface stratification

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Piquet, Anouk M. -T., Bolhuis, Henk, Meredith, Michael P., Buma, Anita G. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula; 18S rRNA gene; 16S rRNA gene; bacterioplankton; DGGE; sequencing; GRADIENT GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS; 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA; SOUTHERN-OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; CLASS FLAVOBACTERIA; UV-RADIATION; DEEP-SEA; DIVERSITY; ASSEMBLAGES; BACTERIAL; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/bc9dfb72-7a1e-4948-aa42-12ed32d8b849; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/bc9dfb72-7a1e-4948-aa42-12ed32d8b849; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01062.x

Antarctic coastal waters undergo major physical alterations during summer. Increased temperatures induce sea-ice melting and glacial melt water input, leading to strong stratification of the upper water column. We investigated the composition of micro-eukaryotic and bacterial communities in Ryder Ba...