Cryoconite holes on glaciers
Abstract
Cryoconite holes are water-filled depressions on the surface of glaciers. They contain microbial communities and may contribute to glacial wastage and biological colonization of ice-free areas.
- Publication:
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BioScience
- Pub Date:
- September 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985BioSc..35..499W
- Keywords:
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- Cavities;
- Glaciers;
- Microbiology;
- Water;
- Bacteriology;
- Colonies;
- Ecosystems;
- Evolution (Development);
- Glaciology;
- Metabolic Wastes;
- Geophysics