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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 8, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035002
关键词
snow algae; glacier; Alaska; community structure
资金
- project of the Frontier Observational Research for Global Change
- Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
- JSPS KAKENHI [21681003, 23221004, 22241005]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22241005, 23221004, 21681003] Funding Source: KAKEN
Snow and ice algae are cold tolerant algae growing on the surface of snow and ice, and they play an important role in the carbon cycles for glaciers and snowfields in the world. Seasonal and altitudinal variations in seven major taxa of algae (green algae and cyanobacteria) were investigated on the Gulkana glacier in Alaska at six different elevations from May to September in 2001. The snow algal communities and their biomasses changed over time and elevation. Snow algae were rarely observed on the glacier in May although air temperature had been above 0 degrees C since the middle of the month and surface snow had melted. In June, algae appeared in the lower areas of the glacier, where the ablation ice surface was exposed. In August, the distribution of algae was extended to the upper parts of the glacier as the snow line was elevated. In September, the glacier surface was finally covered with new winter snow, which terminated algal growth in the season. Mean algal biomass of the study sites continuously increased and reached 6.3 x 10 mu l m(-2) in cell volume or 13 mg carbon m(-2) in September. The algal community was dominated by Chlamydomonas nivalis on the snow surface, and by Ancylonema nordenskioldii and Mesotaenium berggrenii on the ice surface throughout the melting season. Other algae were less abundant and appeared in only a limited area of the glacier. Results in this study suggest that algae on both snow and ice surfaces significantly contribute to the net production of organic carbon on the glacier and substantially affect surface albedo of the snow and ice during the melting season.
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