McMurdo LTER Publications
Chemical signatures of microbial life in an ecological end-member: Shifting hydroclimate and sediment fluxes influence DOM biogeochemistry in Lake Fryxell, a permanently ice-covered lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2025;57(1):2478678. doi:10.1080/15230430.2025.2478678.
. A comprehensive survey of soil microbial diversity across the Antarctic continent. Polar Biology. 2025;48(2). doi:10.1007/s00300-025-03372-y.
Morphology and distribution of bubble-supported microbial mats from ice-covered Antarctic lakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2025;130(3). doi:10.1029/2024JG008516.
. Remote sensing for species distribution models: An illustration from a sentinel taxon of the world's driest ecosystem. Ecology. 2025;106(2):e70035. doi:10.1002/ecy.v106.210.1002/ecy.70035.
Winter warming of McMurdo Dry Valleys soils. Antarctic Science. 2025:1-18. doi:10.1017/S0954102024000488.
. Antarctic lake viromes reveal potential virus associated influences on nutrient cycling in ice-covered lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024;15. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1422941.
. Development of a laboratory simulation for freeze-thaw of aeolian sediments in glacial systems. . Department of Geography. 2024;M.A.:261. Available at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/3066792202.
. 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.
. In situ and remote biosignatures from microbial mats in ephemeral streams of Fryxell Basin, Antarctica. Astronomy and Planetary Science. 2024;Ph.D.:340. Available at: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/em-situ-remote-biosignatures-microbial-mats/docview/3094642420/se-2.
. 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.
Sentinel protist taxa of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica: A review. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2024;12:1323472. doi:10.3389/fevo.2024.1323472.
High salt-induced PSI-supercomplex is associated with high CEF and attenuation of state transitions. Photosynthesis Research. 2023;157(2):65 - 84. doi:10.1007/s11120-023-01032-y.
. Microbial life in challenging environments. . Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2023;Ph.D. Available at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2814734209.
. Temperature response of metabolic activity of an Antarctic nematode. Biology. 2023;12(1):109. doi:10.3390/biology12010109.
. Cyclic electron flow (CEF) and ascorbate pathway activity provide constitutive photoprotection for the photopsychrophile, Chlamydomonas sp. UWO 241 (renamed Chlamydomonas priscuii). Photosynthesis Research. 2022;151(3):235 - 250. doi:10.1007/s11120-021-00877-5.
Dissolved organic carbon chemostasis in Antarctic polar desert streams. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2022;127(7):e2021JG006649. doi:10.1029/2021JG006649.
. 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.
. 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.
Glacial legacies: Microbial communities of Antarctic refugia. Biology. 2022;11(10):1440. doi:10.3390/biology11101440.
. Islands in the ice: Potential impacts of habitat transformation on Antarctic biodiversity. Global Change Biology. 2022. doi:10.1111/gcb.16331.
Limits to the three domains of life: Lessons from community assembly along an Antarctic salinity gradient. Extremophiles. 2022;26(1):15. doi:10.1007/s00792-022-01262-3.
Lipid biomarkers from microbial mats on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Signatures for life in the cryosphere. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2022;13:903621. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.90362110.3389/fmicb.2022.903621.s001.
Long-term stream hydrology and meteorology of a polar desert, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Hydrological Processes. 2022;36(6):e14623. doi:10.1002/hyp.14623.
. Organic matter distribution in the icy environments of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Science of The Total Environment. 2022;841:156639. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156639.
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