Distribution and abiotic influences on hypolithic microbial communities in an Antarctic Dry Valley
The Miers Valley within the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica supports abundant quartz and marble substrates for hypolithons—microbial colonists on the underside of these translucent rocks. Three physically distinct hypolithic community types have been identified: cyanobacteria dominated (Type I), f...
Published in: | Polar Biology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/68539 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0872-2 |