How will thawing permafrost affect the microbial abundance and diversity in the Arctic?

• Main Author: Langvad, Maria Rigstad
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2020
• Subjects: microbial diversity; Permafrost; Arctic; microbial abundance; climate change; bacteria; Svalbard; fungi; soil; 751999; Adventdalen; Climate change; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/23349

Permafrost, permanently frozen soil, constitutes a major portion of the Earth’s terrestrial cryosphere and represents a unique niche for cold-adapted microorganisms. As the global temperature increases, it is still unknown what consequences this will have for the inhabiting microbial structure and d...