Environmental factors influencing diatom communities in Antarctic cryoconite holes

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Stanish, L. F., Bagshaw, Elizabeth, McKnight, D. M., Fountain, A. G., Tranter, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Physics 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63001/; https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045006; https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63001/1/BAGSHAW%20environmental%20factors%20influencing%20diatom%20communities%20in%20Antractic%20cryoconite%20holes.pdf

Cryoconite holes are ice-bound habitats that can act as refuges for aquatic and terrestrial microorganisms on glacier surfaces. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, these holes are often capped by an ice lid that prevents the exchange of material and gases with the surrounding atmosphere and aq...