Antarctica NZ Event
Number: K043


Antratica New Zealand

New Zealand Government


Microbial biodiversity in land-fast sea-ice in the
Ross Sea

Changing patterns of microbial diversity along a latitudinal gradient in the Ross Sea are sensitive indicators of climate change. The research will generate a bio-inventory of the micro-organisms in sea ice using both conventional methods and molecular technology, and will quantify abundances to generate community fingerprints for sea ice biodiversity. Each fingerprint will summarise the biodiversity at one of three sites along the coast of the Ross Sea that will allow temporal and geographical comparisons.


Contractor

Contractor

Victoria University of Wellington

VUW Contact

Dr Ken Ryan


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IPY Project Number: 137

This project contributes to EBA-IPY. For more information about EBA (Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic) go to the EBA website.