Antarctic Bacteria, Sea Ice Ecosystem Dynamics, and Global Climate Change

• Main Author: Martin, Andrew Robert
• Other Authors: Ryan, Ken
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2005
• Subjects: Microbial communities; Climate; Ecosystem changes; Antarctic; Cape Hallett; George V Coast; Hallett; Mertz Glacier; Southern Ocean; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/133

Productivity in the Southern Ocean reflects both the spatial and temporal dynamics of the sea ice ecosystem, as well as the complex cycling of energy through the microbial community. Marine bacteria are thought to be integral to trophodynamics and the functioning of a microbial loop within the ice m...