Microorganisms Associated With Dust on Alpine Snow

Microorganisms Associated With Dust on Alpine Snow

We investigated snow microstructure and microbial composition from snow samples collected from western Colorado, a region that experiences frequent dust-on-snow deposition events. We developed a methodology to quantify the amount, size, and location of dust particles within the snow matrix through a...

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Main Authors: Zoe R. Courville, Ross M. Lieblappen, Alison K. Thurston, Robyn A. Barbato, John M. Fegyveresi, Lauren B. Farnsworth, Jeff Derry, R. M. Jones, Stacey J. Doherty, Shelby A. Rosten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
dust
microbes
snow
micro-computed tomography
microstructure
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2020.00122/full

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