Spring thaw ionic pulses boost nutrient availability and microbial growth in entombed Antarctic Dry Valley cryoconite holes

Spring thaw ionic pulses boost nutrient availability and microbial growth in entombed Antarctic Dry Valley cryoconite holes

The seasonal melting of ice entombed cryoconite holes on McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers provides oases for life in the harsh environmental conditions of the polar desert where surface air temperatures only occasionally exceed 0°C during the Austral summer. Here we follow temporal changes in cryoconite...

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Main Authors: Jon eTelling, Alexandre M Anesio, Martyn eTranter, Andrew eFountain, Thomas eNylen, Jonathan eHawkings, Virendra B Singh, Preeti eKaur, Michaela eMusilova, Jemma L Wadham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Nitrogen Fixation
microbial ecology
Antarctica
McMurdo Dry Valleys
bacterial production
Taylor Valley
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00694/full

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