Insights Into Cryoconite Community Dynamics on the Alpine Glacier Throughout the Ablation Season
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71064" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.71064</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Insights Into Cryoconite Community Dynamics on the Alpine Glacier Throughout the Ablation Season
Original language description
Cryoconite holes (water reservoirs) significantly contribute to biodiversity and biogeochemical processes on glacier surfaces. However, the lack of seasonal observations of cryoconite biota limits our knowledge of glacial ecosystem functioning. We studied photoautotrophs, consumers and sediment characteristics (community structure, biomass, elemental composition, organic matter content, delta C-13, delta N-15) from cryoconite holes in the upper and lower parts of the Forni Glacier ablation zone (Italy) throughout the ablation season. Dominant cyanobacteria were Oscillatoriaceae and Leptolyngbyaceae, while dominant green algae were Zygnemataceae and Chlorellaceae. Tardigrades (Cryobiotus klebelsbergi) were the dominant consumers. The biomass of consumers negatively correlated with the biomass of green algae, indicating that grazing likely controls algal communities in the upper part. Green algae dominated the upper part, while a shift from green algae- to cyanobacteria-dominated communities was observed in the lower part during the season. The increase in delta C-13 of cryoconite organic matter (OM) in the lower part followed the trend of the community shift of photoautotrophs potentially affected by precipitation. Also, delta C-13 of tardigrades positively correlated with delta C-13 of cryoconite OM in the upper part, indicating some cryoconite OM as their food. Some photoautotrophic taxa appeared only on specific dates, and no spatio-temporal changes in the cryoconite general elemental composition were found. Our data indicate that changes in the community structure and biomass of cryoconite biota on the Forni Glacier likely depend on the interplay between phenology, stochastic events (e.g., rainfall) and top-down or bottom-up controls. We demonstrate that multiple observations are essential for understanding the ecology of biota inhabiting cryoconite holes throughout the ablation season.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecology and Evolution
ISSN
2045-7758
e-ISSN
2045-7758
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
e71064
UT code for WoS article
001450487000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105000905472