The biogeography of red snow microbiomes and their role in melting arctic glaciers

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lutz, Stefanie ^a,b   Anesio, Alexandre M ^c   Raiswell, Rob ^a   Edwards, Arwyn ^d,e   Newton, Rob J ^a   Gill, Fiona ^a   Benning, Liane G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE ALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RED ALGA; SNOW; SNOWMELT;

ALBEDO; ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; ARCTIC; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE; EXPOSURE; GLACIER; HABITAT; MELTING POINT; MICROBIOME; MODEL; PIGMENTATION; SEASON; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; FREEZING; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GREEN ALGA; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; ICELAND; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ARCTIC;

ALGAE;

FATTY ACID; RNA 16S; SNOW;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FATTY ACIDS; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; ICELAND; MICROBIOTA; PIGMENTATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNOW; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84975717686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11968     Document Type: Article

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