McMurdo LTER Publications
Stoichiometric Shifts in Soil C:N:P Promote Bacterial Taxa Dominance, Maintain Biodiversity, and Deconstruct Community Assemblages. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01401.
Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2017;1(9):1334-1338. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0253-0.
Primary productivity as a control over soil microbial diversity along environmental gradients in a polar desert ecosystem. PeerJ. 2017;5(10):e3377. doi:10.7717/peerj.3377.
. A simulation-based approach to understand how metacommunity characteristics influence emergent biodiversity patterns. Oikos. 2017;126(5):723-737. doi:10.1111/oik.03690.
. Evidence for dispersal and habitat controls on pond diatom communities from the McMurdo Sound Region of Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2016. doi:10.1007/s00300-016-1901-6.
Microbial Community Responses to Increased Water and Organic Matter in the Arid Soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016;7(e23484S2237R25e97876e16410550e61217386e14510884660e19953e2527e661032901141). doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01040.
Global environmental change and the nature of aboveground net primary productivity responses: insights from long-term experiments. Oecologia. 2015;177(4):935 - 947. doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3230-9.
Linking management to biodiversity in built ponds using metacommunity simulations. Ecological Modelling. 2015;296:36 - 45. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.10.022.
. Niche and metabolic principles explain patterns of diversity and distribution: theory and a case study with soil bacterial communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2015;282(1809):2630. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.2630.
Recovery of Antarctic stream epilithon from simulated scouring events. Antarctic Science. 2015;27(04):341 - 354. doi:10.1017/S0954102015000024.
. Bacterial community composition of divergent soil habitats from a polar desert. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2014;89(2):490-494. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12306.
. Characterization of Growing Bacterial Populations in McMurdo Dry Valley Soils through Stable Isotope Probing with 18O-water. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2014;89(2):415-425. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12349.
Environmental Controls Over the Distribution and Function of Antarctic Soil Bacterial Communities. . Biological Sciences. 2014;Ph.D. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64417.
. Soil microbial responses to increased moisture and organic resources along a salinity gradient in a polar desert. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2014;80(10):3034-3043. doi:10.1128/AEM.03414-13.
. Environmental controls over bacterial communities in polar desert soils. Ecosphere. 2013;4(10):art127. doi:10.1890/ES13-00048.1.
. Factors Controlling Soil Microbial Biomass and Bacterial Diversity and Community Composition in a Cold Desert Ecosystem: Role of Geographic Scale. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(6):e66103. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066103.s003.
Local and regional influences over soil microbial metacommunities in the Transantarctic Mountains. Ecosphere. 2013;4(11):art136. doi:10.1890/ES13-00136.1.
. Seasonal controls on snow distribution and aerial ablation at the snow-patch and landscape scales, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The Cryosphere. 2013;7(3):917 - 931. doi:10.5194/tc-7-917-2013.
. Shallow groundwater systems in a polar desert, McMurdo Dry Valleys. Hydrogeology Journal. 2013;21(1):171 - 183. doi:10.1007/s10040-012-0926-3.
. Spatial and temporal patterns of snow accumulation and aerial ablation across the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Hydrological Processes. 2013;27(20):2864 - 2875. doi:10.1002/hyp.9407.
. Water track modification of soil ecosystems in the Lake Hoare basin, Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2013:1 - 10. doi:10.1017/S095410201300045X.
Bacterial Community Structure Along Moisture Gradients in the Parafluvial Sediments of Two Ephemeral Desert Streams. Microbial Ecology. 2011;61(3):543 - 556. doi:10.1007/s00248-010-9782-7.
. Implications of meltwater pulse events for soil biology and biogeochemical cycling in a polar desert. Polar Research. 2011;3081281030352511340. doi:10.3402/polar.v30i0.14555.
. Experimentally increased snow accumulation alters soil moisture and animal community structure in a polar desert. Polar Biology. 2010;33(7):897 - 907. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0766-3.
Factors promoting microbial diversity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. In: Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments: Astrobiological Analogues.Vol 5. Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments: Astrobiological Analogues. Cambridge University Press; 2010:221-257. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511712258.008.
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