Microbial Responses to Environmental Change in Canada’s High Arctic
The Arctic is undergoing a rapid environmental shift with increasing temperatures and precipitations expected to continue over the next century. Yet, little is known about how microbial communities and their underlying metabolic processes will respond to ongoing climatic changes. To address this que...
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ftunivottawa:oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/39254 2023-05-15T14:41:58+02:00 Microbial Responses to Environmental Change in Canada’s High Arctic Colby, Graham Aris-Brosou, Stéphane Poulain, Alexandre 2019-05-28 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39254 https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23502 en eng Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39254 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23502 Metagenomics Microbial Ecology High Arctic Bioinformatics Thesis 2019 ftunivottawa https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23502 2021-01-04T18:32:43Z The Arctic is undergoing a rapid environmental shift with increasing temperatures and precipitations expected to continue over the next century. Yet, little is known about how microbial communities and their underlying metabolic processes will respond to ongoing climatic changes. To address this question, we focused on Lake Hazen, NU, Canada. As the largest High Arctic lake by volume, it is a unique site to investigate microbial responses to environmental changes. Over the past decade, glacial coverage of the lake has declined. Increasing glacial runoff and sedimentation rates in the lake has resulted in differential influx of nutrients through spatial gradients. I used these spatial gradients to study how environmental changes might affect microbial community structure and functional capacity in Arctic lakes. I performed a metagenomic analysis of microbial communities from hydrological regimes representing high, low, and negligible influence of glacial runoff and compared the observed structure and function to the natural geochemical gradients. Genes and reconstructed genomes found in different abundances across these sites suggest that high-runoff regimes alter geochemical gradients, homogenise the microbial structure, and reduce genetic diversity. This work shows how a genome-centric metagenomics approach can be used to predict future microbial responses to a changing climate. Thesis Arctic Lake Hazen uO Research (University of Ottawa - uOttawa) Arctic Arctic Lake ENVELOPE(-130.826,-130.826,57.231,57.231) Canada Lake Hazen ENVELOPE(-71.017,-71.017,81.797,81.797) |
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The Arctic is undergoing a rapid environmental shift with increasing temperatures and precipitations expected to continue over the next century. Yet, little is known about how microbial communities and their underlying metabolic processes will respond to ongoing climatic changes. To address this question, we focused on Lake Hazen, NU, Canada. As the largest High Arctic lake by volume, it is a unique site to investigate microbial responses to environmental changes. Over the past decade, glacial coverage of the lake has declined. Increasing glacial runoff and sedimentation rates in the lake has resulted in differential influx of nutrients through spatial gradients. I used these spatial gradients to study how environmental changes might affect microbial community structure and functional capacity in Arctic lakes. I performed a metagenomic analysis of microbial communities from hydrological regimes representing high, low, and negligible influence of glacial runoff and compared the observed structure and function to the natural geochemical gradients. Genes and reconstructed genomes found in different abundances across these sites suggest that high-runoff regimes alter geochemical gradients, homogenise the microbial structure, and reduce genetic diversity. This work shows how a genome-centric metagenomics approach can be used to predict future microbial responses to a changing climate. |
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Microbial Responses to Environmental Change in Canada’s High Arctic |
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Microbial Responses to Environmental Change in Canada’s High Arctic |
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Microbial Responses to Environmental Change in Canada’s High Arctic |
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Microbial Responses to Environmental Change in Canada’s High Arctic |
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Microbial Responses to Environmental Change in Canada’s High Arctic |
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microbial responses to environmental change in canada’s high arctic |
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa |
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2019 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39254 https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23502 |
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ENVELOPE(-130.826,-130.826,57.231,57.231) ENVELOPE(-71.017,-71.017,81.797,81.797) |
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Arctic Arctic Lake Canada Lake Hazen |
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