Bacterial Dynamics in Supraglacial Habitats of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Miranda Jane Nicholes, Christopher James Williamson, Martyn Tranter, Alexandra Holland, Ewa Poniecka, Marian Louise Yallop, Black & Bloom, Tristram Irvine-Fynn, Alexandre Anesio

Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

25 Dyfyniadau (Scopus)
135 Wedi eu Llwytho i Lawr (Pure)

Crynodeb

Current research into bacterial dynamics on the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is biased toward cryoconite holes, despite this habitat covering less than 8% of the ablation (melt) zone surface. In contrast, the expansive surface ice, which supports wide-spread Streptophyte micro-algal blooms thought to enhance surface melt, has been relatively neglected. This study aims to understand variability in bacterial abundance and production across an ablation season on the GrIS, in relation to micro-algal bloom dynamics. Bacterial abundance reached 3.3 ± 0.3 × 10 5 cells ml -1 in surface ice and was significantly linearly related to algal abundances during the middle and late ablation periods ( R 2 = 0.62, p < 0.05; R 2 = 0.78, p < 0.001). Bacterial production (BP) of 0.03-0.6 μg C L -1 h -1 was observed in surface ice and increased in concert with glacier algal abundances, indicating that heterotrophic bacteria consume algal-derived dissolved organic carbon. However, BP remained at least 28 times lower than net primary production, indicating inefficient carbon cycling by heterotrophic bacteria and net accumulation of carbon in surface ice throughout the ablation season. Across the supraglacial environment, cryoconite sediment BP was at least four times greater than surface ice, confirming that cryoconite holes are the true "hot spots" of heterotrophic bacterial activity.

Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
Rhif yr erthygl1366
Nifer y tudalennau9
CyfnodolynFrontiers in Microbiology
Cyfrol10
Rhif cyhoeddiJUL
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 03 Gorff 2019

Ôl bys

Gweld gwybodaeth am bynciau ymchwil 'Bacterial Dynamics in Supraglacial Habitats of the Greenland Ice Sheet'. Gyda’i gilydd, maen nhw’n ffurfio ôl bys unigryw.

Dyfynnu hyn