McMurdo LTER Publications
Elevational constraints on the composition and genomic attributes of microbial communities in Antarctic soils. . mSystems. 2022;7(1):e01330-21. doi:10.1128/msystems.01330-21.
Environmental DNA sequencing primers for eutardigrades and bdelloid rotifers. BMC Ecology. 2009;9(1):25. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-9-25.
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.
Genetic diversity among populations of Antarctic springtails (Collembola) within the Mackay Glacier ecotone 1. Genome. 2016;59(9):762 - 770. doi:10.1139/gen-2015-0194.
Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. doi:10.1073/pnas.2007925117.
Genome analysis of Plectus murrayi, a nematode from continental Antarctica. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 2021. doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkaa045.
. Genomic analysis of nematode-environment interaction. Department of Biology. 2010;Ph.D. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2578.
. Genomics and transcriptomics of Antarctic nematodes reveal drivers of life history evolution and genome evolution. Department of Biology. 2018;Ph.D. Available at: https://search.proquest.com/docview/2081899003.
. Geochemistry of aeolian material from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Insights into Southern Hemisphere dust sources. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2020;547. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116460.
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific Data. 2020;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0437-3.
High levels of intraspecific genetic divergences revealed for Antarctic springtails: evidence for small-scale isolation during Pleistocene glaciation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016;119(1):166 - 178. doi:10.1111/bij.12796.
. The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2019. doi:10.1029/2019JG005153.
The Impact of a Large-Scale Climate Event on Antarctic Ecosystem Processes. BioScience. 2016;66(10):848 - 863. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw110.
Impact of diurnal freeze–thaw cycles on the soil nematode Scottnema lindsayae in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2016;39(4):583 - 592. doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1809-6.
. Latitudinal distribution and mitochondrial DNA (COI) variability of Stereotydeus spp. (Acari: Prostigmata) in Victoria Land and the central Transantarctic Mountains. Antarctic Science. 2010;22(06):749 - 756. doi:10.1017/S0954102010000659.
. The Life Cycle of the Antarctic Nematode Plectus murrayi Under Laboratory Conditions. Journal of nematology. 2013;45(1):39-42. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3625130/.
. Long-term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2009;41:2052-2060. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.009.
. Mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal widespread tardigrade diversity in Antarctica. Invertebrate Systematics. 2015;29(6):578. doi:10.1071/IS14019.
Molecular analysis of desiccation survival in Antarctic nematodes. In: Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival. Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival. Wallingford: CABI International; 2011:205-232.
. Molecular and physiological basis of nematode survival: Molecular analyses of desiccation survival in Antarctic nematodes. ( ). Wallingford: CABI; 2011:205 - 232. doi:10.1079/9781845936877.0205.
. Nematode communities of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2011;23(04):349 - 357. doi:10.1017/S0954102011000174.
. Nematodes in a polar desert reveal the relative role of biotic interactions in the coexistence of soil animals. Communications Biology. 2019;2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0260-y.
Observed trends of soil fauna in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: early signs of shifts predicted under climate change. Ecology. 2018;99(2):312 - 321. doi:10.1002/ecy.2090.
. Provisional checklist of terrestrial heterotrophic protists from Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2019. doi:10.1017/S0954102019000361.
. Remotely characterizing photosynthetic biocrust in snowpack-fed microhabitats of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Science of Remote Sensing. 2024:100120. doi:10.1016/j.srs.2024.100120.