Variations of algal communities cause darkening of a Greenland glacier

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 402-414

  Lutz, Stefanie ^a   Anesio, Alexandre M ^b   Jorge Villar, Susana E ^c   Benning, Liane G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albedo; Greenland; Melting; Microbial habitats; Pigments; Snow and ice algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

PIGMENT; SNOW; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ALBEDO; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; FREEZING; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; MELTING POINT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL HABITATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASON; SNOW AND ICE ALGAE; STREPTOPHYTA;

ALBEDO; GREENLAND; MELTING; MICROBIAL HABITATS; PIGMENTS; SNOW AND ICE ALGAE;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; FREEZING; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SNOW; STREPTOPHYTA; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84905436219     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12351     Document Type: Article

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