McMurdo LTER Publications
A comprehensive survey of soil microbial diversity across the Antarctic continent. Polar Biology. 2025;48(2). doi:10.1007/s00300-025-03372-y.
Inference from eDNA-based field distributions vs laboratory analysis of isolated strains: Physiological performance of non-marine Antarctic biota. Polar Biology. 2025;48(1):36. doi:10.1007/s00300-025-03356-y.
Soil biota sensitivity to hydroclimate variability in a polar desert ecosystem. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2025;57(1). doi:10.1080/15230430.2025.2485283.
Three new Pseudogymnoascus species (Pseudeurotiaceae, Thelebolales) described from Antarctic soils. IMA Fungus. 2025;16. doi:10.3897/imafungus.16.142219.
. An Antarctic worm and its soil ecosystem: A review of an emerging research program in ecological genomics. Applied Soil Ecology. 2024;193:105110. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105110.
. Response of a terrestrial polar ecosystem to the March 2022 Antarctic weather anomaly. Earth's Future. 2024;12(8):e2023EF004306. doi:10.1029/2023EF004306.
The underground network: Facilitation in soil bacteria. Oikos. 2024. doi:10.1111/oik.10299.
. The distribution of surface soil moisture over space and time in eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Remote Sensing. 2023;15(12):3170. doi:10.3390/rs15123170.
Temperature response of metabolic activity of an Antarctic nematode. Biology. 2023;12(1):109. doi:10.3390/biology12010109.
. Blowin’ in the wind: Dispersal, structure, and metacommunity dynamics of aeolian diatoms in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica. Journal of Phycology. 2022;58(1):36-54. doi:10.1111/jpy.13223.
A draft mitogenome of Plectus murrayi. Journal of Nematology. 2022;54(1). doi:10.2478/jofnem-2022-0035.
. Effect of climate history on the genetic structure of an Antarctic soil nematode. . Biology. 2022;MS. Available at: http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd12622.
. Glacial legacies: Microbial communities of Antarctic refugia. Biology. 2022;11(10):1440. doi:10.3390/biology11101440.
. Ten scientific messages on risks and opportunities for life in the Antarctic. Antarctic Environments Portal; 2022. Available at: https://environments.aq/publications/ten-scientific-messages-on-risks-and-opportunities-for-life-in-the-antarctic/.
Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities. Biological Reviews. 2021. doi:10.1111/brv.12679.
Exploring the boundaries of microbial habitability in soil. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021;126(6). doi:10.1029/2020JG006052.
Geochemical zones and environmental gradients for soils from the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Biogeosciences. 2021;18(5):1629 - 1644. doi:10.5194/bg-18-1629-2021.
Phagotrophic protists and their associates: Evidence for preferential grazing in an abiotically driven soil ecosystem. Microorganisms. 2021;9(8):1555. doi:10.3390/microorganisms9081555.
. Heterotrophic protists as useful models for studying microbial food webs in a model soil ecosystem and the universality of complex unicellular life. . Department of Biology. 2019;PhD. Available at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2310631977.
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