Biogeochemical and microbial variation across 5500 km of Antarctic surface sediment implicates organic matter as a driver of benthic community structure

Biogeochemical and microbial variation across 5500 km of Antarctic surface sediment implicates organic matter as a driver of benthic community structure

Western Antarctica, one of the fastest warming locations on Earth, is a unique environment that is underexplored with regards to biodiversity. Although pelagic microbial communities in the Southern Ocean and coastal Antarctic waters have been well studied, there are fewer investigations of benthic c...

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Main Authors: Deric R Learman, Michael W Henson, J. Cameron eThrash, Ben eTemperton, Pamela M Brannock, Scott R Santos, Andrew R Mahon, Kenneth M Halanych
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
microbial ecology
biogeochemistry
aquatic microbiology
Antarctica
benthic communities
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00284/full

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