Microbial community development on the surface of Hans and Werenskiold Glaciers (Svalbard, Arctic): a comparison

Extremophiles

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 885-897

  Grzesiak, Jakub ^a   Górniak, Dorota ^b   Świątecki, Aleksander ^b   Aleksandrzak Piekarczyk, Tamara ^a   Szatraj, Katarzyna ^a   Zdanowski, Marek K ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cryoconite holes; Glacial ice; Microbial abundance; Microbial community; Photoautotroph; Snow line; Tidewater glacier

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ARCTIC; ICE COVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ICE COVER; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84940440167     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0764-z     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Amato P, Hennebelle R, Magand O, Sancelme M, Delort AM, Barbante C, Boutron C, Ferrari C (2007) Bacterial characterisation of the snow cover at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 59:255–264
2. Anesio AM, Laybourn-Parry J (2012) Glaciers and ice sheets as a biome. Trends Ecol 4:219–225
3. Anesio AM, Hodson AJ, Fritz A, Psenner R, Sattler B (2009) High microbial activity on glaciers: importance to the global carbon cycle. Glob Change Biol 15:955–960
4. Anesio AM, Sattler B, Foreman C, Telling J, Hodson A, Tranter M, Psenner R (2010) Carbon fluxes through bacterial communities on glacier surfaces. Ann Glaciol 56:32–40
5. Bardgett RD, Richter A, Bol R, Garnett MH, Bäumler R, Xu X, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Hobbs PJ, Hartley IR, Wanek W (2007) Heterotrophic microbial communities use ancient carbon following glacial retreat. Biol Lett 3:487–490
6. Bellas CM, Anesio AM, Telling J, Stibal M, Tranter M, Davis S (2013) Viral impacts on bacterial communities in Arctic cryoconite. Environ Res Lett 8: 1–9 (045021)
7. Brown CS, Meier MF, Post A (1982) Calving Speed of Alaska Tidewater Glaciers, With Application to Columbia Glacier. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1258 – C, p 13
8. Butinar L, Spencer-Martins I, Gunde-Cimerman N (2007) Yeasts in high Arctic glaciers: the discovery of a new habitat for eukaryotic microorganisms. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 91:277–289
9. Camacho A, de Wit R (2003) Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on a benthic microbial mat from a hypersaline lake. Aquat Microb Ecol 32:261–273
10. Cameron KA, Hodson AJ, Osborn AM (2012) Structure and diversity of bacterial, eukaryotic and archaeal communities in glacial cryoconite holes from the Arctic and the Antarctic. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 82:254–267
11. Crump BC, Hobbie JE (2005) Synchrony and seasonality in bacterioplankton communities of two temperate rivers. Limnol Oceanogr 50:1718–1729
12. Dodds WK, Cole JJ (2007) Expanding the concept of trophic state in aquatic ecosystems: it’s not just the autotrophs. Aquat Sci 69:427–439
13. Dowgiałło A (1975) Chemical composition of an animal body and its food. In: Grodziński W, Klekowski RZ, Duncan A (eds) Methods for ecological bioenergetics. IBP handbook, Blackwell, Oxford, pp 160–199
14. Edwards A, Anesio AM, Rassner SM, Sattler B, Hubbard B, Perkins WT, Young M, Griffith GW (2011) Possible interactions between bacterial diversity, microbial activity and supraglacial hydrology of cryoconite holes in Svalbard. ISME J 5:150–160
15. Edwards A, Rassner SME, Anesio AM, Worgan HJ, Irvine-Fynn TDL, Williams HW, Sattler B, Griffith GW (2013) Contrasts between the cryoconite and ice-marginal bacterial communities of Svalbard glaciers. Polar Res 32:19468
16. Edwards A, Irvine-Fynn TDL, Mitchell AC, Rassner SME (2014) A germ theory for glacial systems? WIREs Water 1:331–340
17. Foreman CM, Sattler B, Mikucki JA, Porazinska DL, Priscu JC (2007) Metabolic activity and diversity of cryoconite holes in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. J Geophys Res 112: G04S32
18. Franzetti A, Tatangelo V, Gandolfi I, Bertolini V, Bestetti G, Diolaiuti G, D’Agata C, Mihalcea C, Smiraglia C, Ambrosini R (2013) Bacterial community structure on two alpine debris-covered glaciers and biogeography of Polaromonas phylotypes. ISME J 7:1483–1492
19. Gasol JM, del Giorgio PA (2000) Comparative analyses in aquatic microbial ecology: how far do they go. FEMS Microb Ecol 31:99–106
20. Grabiec M, Jania J, Puczko D, Kolondra L, Budzik T (2012) Surface and bed morphology of Hans Glacier, a tidewater glacier in Spitsbergen. Pol Polar Res 33(2):111–138
21. Hagström A, Larsson U, Hörstedt P, Normark S (1979) Frequency of dividing cells, a new approach to the determination of bacterial growth rates in aquatic environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 5:805–812
22. Hermanowicz W, Dożańska W, Dojlido J, Koziorowski B, Zerbe J (1999) Physicochemical studies of water and sewage. Arkady, Warszawa, p 847 (in Polish)
23. Hock R (1998) Modelling of glacier melt and discharge. PhD dissertation, Department of Geography, vol 70. Zürcher Geographische Schriften, ETH, Zürich, p 126
24. Hodson A, Anesio AM, Tranter M, Fountain A, Osborn M, Priscu J, Laybourn-Parry J, Sattler B (2008) Glacial ecosystems. Ecol Monogr 78:41–67
25. Jakubas D, Zmudczyńska K, Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Stempniewicz L (2008) Faeces deposition and numbers of vertebrate herbivores in the vicinity of planktivorous and piscivorous seabird colonies in Hornsund, Spitsbergen. Pol Polar Res 29:45–58
26. Jansson P (1999) Effects of uncertainties in measured variables on the calculated mass balance of Storglaciären. Geogr Ann 81A(4):633–642
27. Kabala C, Zapart J (2012) Initial soil development and carbon accumulation on moraines of the rapidly retreating Werenskiold Glacier, SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago. Geoderma 175–176:9–20
28. Kanaly RA, Harayama S (2000) Biodegradation of high molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacteria. J Bacteriol 182:2059–2067
29. Kaštovská K, Stibal M, Šabacká M, Černá B, Šantrůčková H, Elster J (2007) Microbial community structure and ecology of subglacial sediments in two polythermal Svalbard glaciers characterized by the epifluorescence microscopy and PLFA. Polar Biol 30:277–287
30. Kennedy AD (1993) Water as a limiting factor in the Antarctic terrestrial environment—a biographical synthesis. Arct Alp Res 25:308–315
31. Lang H (1968) Relations between glacier runoff and meteorological factors observed on and outside the glacier. IUGG General Assembly, Berne. IAHS Publ. 79:429–438
32. Lydersen C, Assmy P, Falk-Petersen S, Kohler J, Kovacs KM, Reigstad M, Steen H, Strøm H, Sundfjord A, Varpe Ø, Walczowski W, Weslawski JM, Zajaczkowski M (2014) The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds in Svalbard, Norway. J Marine Syst 129:452–471
33. McInnes LM, Quinn PK, Covert DS, Anderson TL (1996) Gravimetric analysis, ionic composition, and associated water mass of the marine aerosol. Atmos Environ 6:869–884
34. Meier MF (1973) Hydraulics and hydrology of glaciers, the role of snow and ice in hydrology. IAHS Pub 107:353–369
35. Mieczan T, Górniak D, Światecki A, Zdanowski M, Tarkowska-Kukuryk M, Adamczuk M (2013) Vertical microzonation of ciliates in cryoconite holes in Ecology Glacier. King George Island. Pol Polar Res 34(2):201–212
36. Migała K, Piwowar BA, Puczko D (2006) A meteorological study of the ablation process on Hans Glacier, SW Spitsbergen. Pol Polar Res 27(3):243–258
37. Muyzer G, de Waal EC, Uitterlinden AG (1993) Profiling of complex microbial populations by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified genes coding for 16S rRNA. Appl Environ Microbiol 59:695–700
38. Muyzer G, Brinkhoff T, Nübel U, Santegoeds C, Schäfer H, Waver C (1998) Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) in microbial ecology. In: van Elsas JD, de Bruijn FJ (eds) Akkermans ADL. Molecular microbial ecology manual. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 1–27
39. Myklestad SM (1995) Release of extracellular products by phytoplankton with special emphasis on polysaccharides. Sci Total Environ 165:155–164
40. Oerlemans J, Jania J, Kolondra L (2011) Application of a minimal glacier model to Hans Glacier, Svalbard. The Cryosphere 5:1–11
41. Pälli A, Moore JC, Jania J, Kolondra L, Głowacki P (2003) The drainage pattern of Hans Glacier and Werenskiold Glacier, two polythermal glaciers in Svalbard. Polar Res 22(2):355–371
42. Persson J, Fink P, Goto A, Hood JM, Jonas J, Kato S (2010) To be or not to be what you eat: regulation of stoichiometric homeostasis among autotrophs and heterotrophs. Oikos 119:741–751
43. Porazinska DL, Fountain AG, Nylen TH, Tranter M, Virginia RA, Wall DH (2004) The biodiversity and biogeochemistry of cryoconite holes from McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers, Antarctica. Arct Antarct Alp Res 36:84–91
44. Porter KG, Feig YS (1980) The use of DAPI for identifying and counting aquatic microflora. Limnol Oceanogr 25:943–948
45. Pulina M, Burzyk J, Burzyk M (2003) Carbon dioxide in the tundra soils of SW Spitsbergen and its role in chemical denudation. Pol Polar Res 24:243–260
46. Putland JN, Rivkin RB (1999) Influence of storage mode and duration on the microscopic enumeration of Synechococcus from cold coastal environment. Aquat Microb Ecol 17:191–199
47. Rassoulzadegan F, Sheldon RW (1986) Predator–prey interactions of nanozooplankton and bacteria in an oligotrophic marine environment. Limnol Oceanogr 31:1010–1021
48. Sambrook J, Fritschi EF, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York
49. Säwström C, Laybourn-Parry J, Granéli W, Anesio AM (2007) Heterotrophic bacterial and viral dynamics in Arctic freshwaters: results from a weld study and nutrient-temperature manipulation experiments. Polar Biol 30:1407–1415
50. Shinichi A, Yasuro F, Etsu Y (2004) Determinations of humic substances and other dissolved organic matter and their effects on increase of COD in lake Biwa. Analyt Sci 20:159–164
51. Sigler WV, Zeyer J (2004) Colony-forming analysis of bacterial community succession in deglaciated soils indicates pioneer stress-tolerant opportunists. Microb Ecol 48:316–323
52. Solheim B, Johanson U, Callaghan TV, Lee JA, Gwynn-Jones D, Björn LO (2002) The nitrogen fixation potential of arctic cryptogram species is influenced by enhanced UV-B radiation. Oecologia 133:90–93
53. Stibal M, Tranter M (2007) Laboratory investigation of inorganic carbon uptake by cryoconite debris from Werenskiold Glacier, Svalbard. J Geophys Res 112:G04S33
54. Stibal M, Šabacká M, Kaštovská K (2006) Microbial communities on glacier surfaces in Svalbard: impact of physical and chemical properties on abundance and structure of cyanobacteria and algae. Microb Ecol 52:644–654
55. Stibal M, Tranter M, Benning LG, Rěhák J (2008) Microbial primary production on an Arctic glacier is insignificant in comparison with allochthonous organic carbon input. Environ Microbiol 10:2172–2178
56. Stibal M, Anesio AM, Blues CJD, Tranter M (2009) Phosphatase activity and organic phosphorus turnover on a High Arctic glacier. Biogeosciences 6(5):913–922
57. Stibal M, Šabacká M, Zarsky J (2012) Biological processes on glacier and ice sheet surfaces. Nature Geosci 5:771–774
58. Telling J, Anesio AM, Tranter M, Irvine-Fynn T, Hodson A, Butler C, Wadham J (2011) Nitrogen fixation on Arctic glaciers, Svalbard. J Geophys Res 116: 1–8 (G03039)
59. Ter Braak CJF, Šmilauer P (2002) CANOCO reference manual and CanoDraw for Windows user’s guide: software for canonical community ordination (version 4.5). Microcomputer Power, Ithaca
60. Weber K, Legge R (2009) One-dimensional metric for tracking bacterial community divergence using sole carbon source utilization patterns. J Microbiol Meth 79:55–61
61. Xu Y, Simpson AJ, Eyles N, Simpson MJ (2010) Sources and molecular composition of cryoconite organic matter from the Athabasca Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Org Geochem 41:177–186
62. Standard Methods (ed) (1980) Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, 14th edn. American Public Health Association, Washington
63. Zarsky JD, Stibal M, Hodson A, Sattler B, Schostag M, Hansen LH, Jacobsen CS, Psenner R (2013) Large cryoconite aggregates on a Svalbard glacier support a diverse microbial community including ammonia-oxidizing archaea. Environ Res Lett 8: 035044 (11 pp)
64. Zdanowski MK, Żmuda-Baranowska MJ, Borsuk P, Świątecki A, Górniak D, Wolicka D, Jankowska KM, Grzesiak J (2013) Culturable bacteria community development in postglacial soils of Ecology Glacier, King George Island, Antarctica. Polar Biol 36:511–527