Contrasts between the cryoconite and ice-marginal bacterial communities of Svalbard glaciers

Polar Research

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Edwards, Arwyn ^a   Rassner, Sara M E ^a,b   Anesio, Alexandre M ^c   Worgan, Hilary J ^a   Irvine Fynn, Tristram D L ^b   Williams, Hefin Wyn ^a   Sattler, Birgit ^d   Griffith, Gareth Wyn ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryoconite; Glacier; Moraines; Niche; Svalbard; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRYOBIOLOGY; DUST; GLACIER; ICE MECHANICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORAINE; NICHE; ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; ICE MARGIN; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84885436779     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v32i0.19468     Document Type: Article

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