How allogenic factors affect succession in glacier forefields

R Wojcik, J Eichel, JA Bradley, LG Benning - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
In glacier forefields, the chronosequence approach is used to investigate ecological,
biogeochemical and physical features of autogenic successional change as a function of …

Terrestrial records of weathering indicate three billion years of dynamic equilibrium

RM Dzombak, ND Sheldon - Gondwana Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Although continental weathering intensity has been invoked as a primary control on
biogeochemistry, tectonics, and the carbon cycle throughout geologic history, it remains …

Biogeochemical connectivity between freshwater ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the sub‐ice marine environment

TJ Vick‐Majors, AB Michaud… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although subglacial aquatic environments are widespread beneath the Antarctic ice sheet,
subglacial biogeochemistry is not well understood, and the contribution of subglacial water …

Patterns in microbial assemblages exported from the meltwater of Arctic and Sub-Arctic glaciers

TJ Kohler, P Vinšová, L Falteisek, JD Žárský… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Meltwater streams connect the glacial cryosphere with downstream ecosystems. Dissolved
and particulate matter exported from glacial ecosystems originates from contrasting …

Evaluation of lacustrine groundwater discharge, hydrologic partitioning, and nutrient budgets in a proglacial lake in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: using Rn and stable …

X Luo, X Kuang, JJ Jiao, S Liang, R Mao… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2018 - hess.copernicus.org
Proglacial lakes are good natural laboratories to investigate groundwater and glacier
dynamics under current climate conditions and to explore biogeochemical cycling under …

Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: release and downstream consequences

DB Beard, CC Clason, S Rangecroft… - Progress in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Anthropogenic contamination has been detected in glacial and proglacial environments
around the globe. Through mechanisms of secondary release, these contaminants are …

Contribution of cryoconite holes in the supraglacial discharge of bioavailable iron in Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

G Samui, A Sanyal, R Antony, CM Laluraj, M Thamban - Polar Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Supraglacial discharge of limiting micronutrients such as iron (Fe) into high-nutrient low-
chlorophyll (HNLC) regions like the Southern Ocean has recently drawn global attention. In …

Characterization, sources and transport of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen from a glacier in the Central Asia

T Gao, S Kang, Y Zhang, M Sprenger, F Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Glacier melting represents an important flux of carbon and nitrogen (N) and affects the
hydrological cycle. In this study, we presented the features of dissolved organic carbon …

[HTML][HTML] The surface energy balance during foehn events at Joyce Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

MG Hofsteenge, NJ Cullen, CH Reijmer… - The …, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) are a polar desert, where glacial melt is the main
source of water to streams and the ecosystem. Summer air temperatures are typically close …

Nitrogen fixation facilitates stream microbial mat biomass across the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica

TJ Kohler, JG Singley, AN Wlostowski, DM McKnight - Biogeochemistry, 2023 - Springer
Nitrogen (N) fixation is a fundamental mechanism by which N enters streams. Yet, because
of modern N saturation, it is difficult to study the importance of N-fixation to stream nutrient …