Spatial and temporal variation of Antarctic microbial interactions: a study around the west Antarctic Peninsula.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The west Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a region of rapid environmental changes, with regional differences in climate warming along the north-south axis of the peninsula. Along the WAP, Palmer corresponds to a warmer region with lesser sea ice extent in the north compared to Rothera ~ 400 km to the south. Comprehensive and comparative, year-round assessments of the WAP microbial community dynamics in coastal surface waters at these two locations are imperative to understand the effects of regional climate warming variations on microbial community dynamics, but this is still lacking.

Results

We report on the seasonal diversity, taxonomic overview, as well as predicted inter-and intra-domain causal effects (interactions) of the bacterial and microbial eukaryotic commu

SUBMITTER: Sow SLS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11807339 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature