McMurdo LTER Publications
Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes. Proceedings Bational Academy of Sciences. 2012. doi:10.1073/pnas.1215210110.
The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosphere. 2012;3(2):art17. doi:10.1890/ES11-00325.1.
Thawing permafrost alters nematode populations and soil habitat characteristics in an Antarctic polar desert ecosystem. Pedobiologia. 2012;55(2):75 - 81. doi:10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.11.001.
. Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation (AnT-ERA), a new SCAR-biology programme. Polarforschung. 2013;82:147-150. Available at: http://epic.awi.de/34238/1/Polarforschung_82-2_147-150.pdf.
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/.
. Understanding Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Antarctic Climate Change. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 2013;94(3):33 - 33. doi:10.1002/2013EO030009.
. Ecological Biogeography of the Terrestrial Nematodes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. ZooKeys. 2014;419:29 - 71. doi:10.3897/zookeys.419.7180.
. Mitochondrial DNA analyses reveal widespread tardigrade diversity in Antarctica. Invertebrate Systematics. 2015;29(6):578. doi:10.1071/IS14019.
Aerobiology Over Antarctica – A New Initiative for Atmospheric Ecology. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016;776796194610314927235011365134445142846479110123936574(53307413). doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00016.
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.
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 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.
. 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.
Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze-thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Ecology Letters. 2017;20(10):1242-1249. doi:10.1111/ele.12819.
. Aeolian material transport and its role in landscape connectivity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 2018;123(12):3323 - 3337. doi:10.1029/2017JF004589.
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.
. 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.
. Soil biological responses to C, N and P fertilization in a polar desert of Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018;122. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.03.025.
. Soil Moisture Controls the Thermal Habitat of Active Layer Soils in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2018;123(1). doi:10.1002/2017JG004018.
. Spatial and temporal patterns of microbial mats and associated invertebrates along an Antarctic stream. Polar Biology. 2018;41(10):1911–1921. doi:10.1007/s00300-018-2331-4.
Stable C and N isotope ratios reveal soil food web structure and identify the nematode Eudorylaimus antarcticus as an omnivore–predator in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2018;41(5):1013–1018. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2243-8.
. 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.
Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem. Communications Biology. 2019;2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0274-5.
The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2019. doi:10.1029/2019JG005153.