Microbial adaptation and colonisation in the McMurdo Ice Shelf ecosystem / Ian Hawes
By: Hawes, Ian.
Contributor(s): DSIR Marine and Freshwater, Taupo Research Laboratory. Taupo.
Material type: BookSeries: Taupo Research Laboratory report: no. 133Publisher: Taupo, N.Z. : Taupo Research Laboratory, 1992Description: 11, 11, [1] leaves : illustrations (figures) ; 30 cm.Other title: NZARP 1991-92: KO82: Microbial adaptation and colonisation in the McMurdo Ice Shelf ecosystem.Subject(s): MICROBIAL ECOLOGY | ANTARCTICA | ROSS ICE SHELF | ROSS DEPENDENCY | PROPAGULES | BRATINA ISLAND | TAYLOR VALLEY | CAPE CROZIER | ALGAL MATS | BLUE-GREEN ALGAEItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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JOURNAL | WELLINGTON OFF-SITE | STACK NO. 133 1992 | 1 | Available | J016729 |
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Includes: Immediate report I: Science; Immediate report II: Logistics; Immediate report III: Popular summary
In the second year of the project to investigate microbial adaptation and colonisation processes in the Ross Dependency, sampling of airborne propagules was undertaken at Bratina Island, Taylor Valley and Cape Crozier. The distribution of propagules with height above ground level and the effect of wind speed on propagule density were examined at Bratina Island. Experiments were also undertaken to examine the effects of changing salinity and radiation flux on the cyanobacterial mats which constitute the dominant component of the shallow-water flora of Antarctica. Samples have yet to be returned to New Zealand for analysis. (auth.)
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