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Benthic microbial communities of coastal terrestrial and ice shelf Antarctic meltwater ponds
- Source :
- Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 6 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2015.
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Abstract
- The numerous perennial meltwater ponds distributed throughout Antarctica represent diverse and productive ecosystems central to the ecological functioning of the surrounding ultra oligotrophic environment. The dominant taxa in the pond benthic communities have been well described however, little is known regarding their regional dispersal and local drivers to community structure. The benthic microbial communities of twelve meltwater ponds in the McMurdo Sound of Antarctica were investigated to examine variation between pond microbial communities and their biogeography. Geochemically comparable but geomorphologically distinct ponds were selected from Bratina Island (ice shelf) and Miers Valley (terrestrial) (
- Subjects :
- Microbial
biogeography
Antarctica
benthic
Pond
Microbiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1664302X
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9c806642b7449ffb3203dff54dce287
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00485