McMurdo LTER Publications
Impact of meltwater flow intensity on the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of microbial mats in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. ISME Communications. 2023;3(1):3. doi:10.1038/s43705-022-00202-8.
Cyanobacterial diversity in benthic mats of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2015;38(8):1097 - 1110. doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1669-0.
. Draft genome sequence of the Antarctic green alga Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241. iScience. 2021;24(2):102084. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102084.
. Landscape Distribution of Microbial Activity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys: Linked Biotic Processes, Hydrology, and Geochemistry in a Cold Desert Ecosystem. Ecosystems. 2009;12:562-573. doi:LTER.
. 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.
. Microbial diversity and function at aquatic- terrestrial interfaces in desert ecosystems. Department of Biology. 2008;Ph.D. doi:LTER.
. Community response of microbial primary producers to salinity is primarily driven by nutrients in lakes. Science of the Total Environment. 2019;696:134001. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134001.
. Ciliate diversity, community structure and novel taxa in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Biological Bulleting. 2014;227(2):175-190.
. Comparison of arsenic and molybdenum geochemistry in meromictic lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Implications for oxyanion-forming trace element behavior in permanently stratified lakes. Chemical Geology. 2015;404:110 - 125. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.03.029.
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.
. Genome analysis of Plectus murrayi, a nematode from continental Antarctica. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 2021. doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkaa045.
. Ecological stoichiometry drives the evolution of soil nematode life history traits. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2023;177:108891. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108891.
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.
. A draft mitogenome of Plectus murrayi. Journal of Nematology. 2022;54(1). doi:10.2478/jofnem-2022-0035.
. Molecular profiling of soil animal diversity in natural ecosystems: incongruence of molecular and morphological results. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2009;(41):849-857. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.02.003.
. Molecular study of worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2011;108(43):17720 - 17725. doi:10.1073/pnas.1103824108.
. The hydrologic and geochemical contributions from snow to streamflow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Hydrological Processes. 2024;38(6):e15195. doi:10.1002/hyp.v38.610.1002/hyp.15195.
. An analysis of McMurdo Dry Valleys’ lotic habitats within Antarctica’s protected area network and addressing gaps in biodiversity protection. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2024;56(1). doi:10.1080/15230430.2024.2375176.
. Phytoplankton utilization of ammonium and nitrate in Lake Bonney: A preliminary assessment. Antarctic Journal of the U.S. 1993;28(5):241-243.
. Global change effects on above and below ground biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems: interactions and implications for ecosystem functioning. Bioscience. 2000;50:1089-1099. doi:LTER.
Geochronology of high latitude lake sediments. In: Long-Term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes. Long-Term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes. Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2004.
. The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2019. doi:10.1029/2019JG005153.
Patterns of hydrologic connectivity in the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica: a synthesis of 20 years of hydrologic data. Hydrological Processes. 2016;30(17):2958-2975. doi:10.1002/hyp.10818.
. Hydrologic connectivity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Water-mediated mass and energy fluxes in streams and soils. Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering. 2017;Ph.D. Available at: https://scholar.colorado.edu/cven_gradetds/77/.
. 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.
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