Ecosystem function decays by fungal outbreaks in Antarctic microbial mats
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UAM. Departamento de BiologíaPublisher
Springer NatureDate
2016-03-14Citation
10.1038/srep22954
Scientific Reports 6 (2016): 22954
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2045-2322DOI
10.1038/srep22954Funded by
We thank the LIMNOPOLAR team members for their assistance in collecting samples and the UTM and Las Palmas Navy crew for logistical support. We are grateful to Warwick F. Vincent for comments that improved the final manuscript. This study was supported by grants CGL2005–06549-CO2-1, POL2006–06635 and CTM2011– 28736 to A.Q. CTM2008–05134-E/ANT and CTM2009–08644-E to A.A., and CTM2012–38222-C02–02 to A.dR. D.V. was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation grant BES-2006–14027, A.LB. by the Ramón y Cajal contract RYC-2010–06300, and D.AdC. by the Marie Curie IIF grant PIIF-GA-2012-328287. In memoriam: We are grateful to Fernando Pinto for technical assistance with LTSEMProject
Gobierno de España. CGL2005–06549-CO2-1; Gobierno de España. CTM2011–28736; Gobierno de España. CTM2008–05134-E/ANT; Gobierno de España. CTM2009–08644-E; Gobierno de España. CTM2012–38222-C02–02; Gobierno de España. BES-2006–14027; Gobierno de España. RYC-2010–06300; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/328287Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22954Subjects
Antarctica; Basidiomycetes; Metagenomics; Microbiology; Biología y Biomedicina / BiologíaRights
© The Author(s) 2016Abstract
Antarctica harbours a remarkably diverse range of freshwater bodies and terrestrial ecosystems, where microbial mats are considered the most important systems in terms of biomass and metabolic capabilities. We describe the presence of lysis plaque-like macroscopic blighted patches within the predominant microbial mats on Livingston Island (Antarctic Peninsula). Those blighting circles are associated with decay in physiological traits as well as nitrogen depletion and changes in the spatial microstructure; these alterations were likely related to disruption of the biogeochemical gradients within the microbial ecosystem caused by an unusually high fungal abundance and consequent physical alterations. This phenomenon has been evidenced at a time of unprecedented rates of local warming in the Antarctic Peninsula area, and decay of these ecosystems is potentially stimulated by warmer temperatures
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