McMurdo LTER Publications
Nematodes in a polar desert reveal the relative role of biotic interactions in the coexistence of soil animals. Communications Biology. 2019;2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0260-y.
Provisional checklist of terrestrial heterotrophic protists from Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 2019. doi:10.1017/S0954102019000361.
. Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale. Nature. 2019;572(7768). doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1418-6.
Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. doi:10.1073/pnas.2007925117.
Geochemistry of aeolian material from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Insights into Southern Hemisphere dust sources. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2020;547. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116460.
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific Data. 2020;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0437-3.
Shotgun metagenomics reveal a diverse assemblage of protists in a model Antarctic soil ecosystem. Environmental Microbiology. 2020. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15198.
. Antarctic water tracks: Microbial community responses to variation in soil moisture, pH, and salinity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021;12. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.616730.
. Connectivity: Insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere. 2021;12(5):e03432. doi:10.1002/ecs2.v12.510.1002/ecs2.3432.
Genome analysis of Plectus murrayi, a nematode from continental Antarctica. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 2021. doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkaa045.
. Community assembly in the wake of glacial retreat: A meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology. 2022. doi:10.1111/gcb.16427.
. Elevational constraints on the composition and genomic attributes of microbial communities in Antarctic soils. . mSystems. 2022;7(1):e01330-21. doi:10.1128/msystems.01330-21.
Response of Antarctic soil fauna to climate‐driven changes since the Last Glacial Maximum. Global Change Biology. 2022;28(2). doi:10.1111/gcb.15940.
The time is right for an Antarctic biorepository network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022;119(50). doi:10.1073/pnas.2212800119.
Biogeography and genetic diversity of terrestrial mites in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica. Genes. 2023;14(3):606. doi:10.3390/genes14030606.
Change at 85 degrees south: Shackleton Glacier region proglacial lakes from 1960 to 2020. Annals of Glaciology. 2023. doi:10.1017/aog.2023.27.
. Ecological stoichiometry drives the evolution of soil nematode life history traits. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2023;177:108891. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108891.
Strong dispersal limitation of microbial communities at Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica. . mSystems. 2023;8(1). doi:10.1128/msystems.01254-22.
Biogeographic survey of soil bacterial communities across Antarctica. Microbiome. 2024;12(1). doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01719-3.
McMurdo Dry Valley lake edge ‘moats’: The ecological intersection between terrestrial and aquatic polar desert habitat. Antarctic Science. 2024:1 - 17. doi:10.1017/S0954102024000087.
Remotely characterizing photosynthetic biocrust in snowpack-fed microhabitats of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Science of Remote Sensing. 2024:100120. doi:10.1016/j.srs.2024.100120.