Characterisation of bacterioplankton communities in the meltwater ponds of Bratina Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Archer, Stephen David James, McDonald, Ian R., Herbold, Craig W., Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; planktonic; microorganism; community; meltwater; Austral; Bratina Island; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8928; https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12358

A unique collection of Antarctic aquatic environments (meltwater ponds) lies in close proximity on the rock and sediment-covered undulating surface of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, near Bratina Island (Victoria Land, Antarctica). During the 2009–10 mid-austral summer, sets of discrete water samples were co...