Microbial formation of labile organic carbon in Antarctic glacial environments | Zendy

Heidi J. Smith | Zendy; Rachel A. Foster | Zendy; Diane M. McKnight | Zendy; John T. Lisle | Zendy; Sten Littmann | Zendy; Marcel M. M. Kuypers | Zendy; Christine M. Foreman | Zendy

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Microbial formation of labile organic carbon in Antarctic glacial environments

Author(s) -

Heidi J. Smith,

Rachel A. Foster,

Diane M. McKnight,

John T. Lisle,

Sten Littmann,

Marcel M. M. Kuypers,

Christine M. Foreman

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

nature geoscience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.435

H-Index - 200

eISSN - 1752-0908

pISSN - 1752-0894

DOI - 10.1038/ngeo2925

Subject(s) - carbon cycle , biogeochemical cycle , total organic carbon , carbon fibers , heterotroph , glacial period , environmental science , primary production , organic matter , dissolved organic carbon , environmental chemistry , ecosystem , carbon fixation , biogeochemistry , microbial loop , ecology , chemistry , geology , food web , biology , carbon dioxide , paleontology , bacteria , materials science , composite number , composite material

Bioavailable glacial carbon has been thought to be largely ancient or anthropogenic. Analyses of carbon dynamics in an Antarctic supraglacial stream reveal that non-photosynthetic production relies on organic carbon from photosynthetic microbes.

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