Microbial abundance and diversity surrounding mummified seals in Miers Valley, Antarctica

• Main Author: Robson, Lisa Marie
• Other Authors: Farrell, Roberta L., Cary, S. Craig, Daniel, Roy M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Waikato 2019
• Subjects: Dry Valleys; Antarctica; Miers Valley; Microbial diversity; Antarctic; Miers; New Zealand; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12860

The presence of a number of mummified seal carcasses have been reported in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica. The location of seal carcasses were observed up to 240km in-land, and approximately 1500m above sea level. The extremely cold and dry conditions in the Dry Valleys act to mummify the seal remams...