Functional filtering and random processes affect the assembly of microbial communities of snow algae blooms at Maritime Antarctic

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Soto D. F., Franzetti A., Gomez I., Huovinen P.
• Other Authors: Soto, D, Franzetti, A, Gomez, I, Huovinen, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2022
• Subjects: Maritime Antarctic; Metabarcoding; Metagenome; Snow algae bloom; Snow microbial community; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Doumer; Doumer Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10281/396764; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150305

The increasing temperatures at the West Antarctic Peninsula (Maritime Antarctic) could lead to a higher occurrence of snow algal blooms which are ubiquitous events that change the snow coloration, reducing albedo and in turn exacerbating melting. However, there is a limited understanding of snow alg...