Geochemical, Spatial, and Temporal Drivers of Microbial Community Heterogeneity in the Meltwater Ponds of Antarctica

• Main Author: Archer, Stephen David James
• Other Authors: Cary, S. Craig, McDonald, Ian R.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waikato 2015
• Subjects: microbial; Antarctica; community drivers; geochemical; spatial; temporal; bacteria; meltwater; melt-water; ponds; aquatic; limnology; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Miers; Miers Valley; Bratina Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9537

Antarctic meltwater ponds are an abundant, dynamic and sensitive yet poorly understood ecosystem. In this thesis, bacterial communities from surface waters, the water column and benthic zone in geochemically variable meltwater ponds in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica were investigated. The primary...