Sea ice dynamics drive benthic microbial communities in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Main Author: Currie, Ashleigh Ann
• Other Authors: Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Waikato 2021
• Subjects: Bacteria; Microbial; Sea ice; Climate change; Antarctica; Organic matter; Biogeochemical; Benthos > Microbiology > Climatic factors > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; Benthic ecology > Climatic factors > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; Marine benthic ecology > Climatic factors > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; Sediment transport > Environmental aspects > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; Sea ice > Environmental aspects > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; Marine sediments > Sampling > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; Marine sediments > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound > Analysis; Marine ecology > Environmental aspects > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Sound (Antarctica) > Environmental aspects; Biogeochemistry > Environmental aspects > Antarctica > McMurdo Sound; Arctic; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; McMurdo Sound; Taylor Valley; Cape Evans; New Harbour; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14376

Globally, Earth’s warming climate is evidently driving sea ice variability in high latitude regions. In the Arctic, older and thicker multi-year sea ice is declining and transitioning into younger and more ephemeral first-year sea ice. Whereas in Antarctica, sea ice extent is increasing around the c...