Snow algae communities in Antarctica: metabolic and taxonomic composition.

• Main Authors: Davey, Matthew P, Norman, Louisa, Sterk, Peter, Huete-Ortega, Maria, Bunbury, Freddy, Loh, Bradford Kin Wai, Stockton, Sian, Peck, Lloyd S, Convey, Peter, Newsham, Kevin K, Smith, Alison G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; bacteria; community composition; cryophilic; fungi; metabarcoding; metabolomics; snow algae; Antarctic Regions; Biomass; Cell Count; Eukaryota; Eutrophication; Lipids; Pigments; Biological; Principal Component Analysis; Snow; Spectroscopy; Fourier Transform Infrared; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.36064; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288801

Snow algae are found in snowfields across cold regions of the planet, forming highly visible red and green patches below and on the snow surface. In Antarctica, they contribute significantly to terrestrial net primary productivity due to the paucity of land plants, but our knowledge of these communi...