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Toubes-Rodrigo, Mario; Cook, Simon J.; Elliott, David and Sen, Robin
(2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2016-471
Abstract
We present the first assessment of microbial cell discharge from sediment-laden glacier basal ice. At Svínafellsjökull, a temperate valley glacier in Iceland, approximately 1017 cells a−1 are transferred through basal ice to the proglacial environment, and between 101 and 106 cells g−1 basal ice were cultured from our samples under laboratory conditions. We suggest that the delivery of viable cells and dead microbial matter to proglacial ecosystems could be playing a crucial role in soil formation and primary succession during deglaciation, but further quantification of cell transfer from a range of glacier contexts is required.
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Geomicrobiology of basal ice Not Set Royal Geographical Society - Extra Information
- This discussion paper is a preprint. It has been under review for the journal Biogeosciences (BG). The manuscript was not accepted for further review after discussion.
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