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The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments
Author(s): Johanna Laybourn-Parry (Author), Martyn Tranter (Author), Andrew J. Hodson (Author)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- Publication Date: 2 Feb. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 190 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780199583072
- ISBN-13: 9780199583072
Book Description
This timely and accessible volume draws together the current knowledge on life in snow and ice environments. It describes these often complex and often productive ecosystems, their physical and chemical conditions, and the nature and activity of the organisms that have colonised them. The cryosphere is the domain of extremophiles, organisms able to adapt to the physiological and biochemical challenges of harsh cold conditions where liquid water may only be present for relatively short periods each year. The majority of extremophiles in ice and snow are microorganisms.
The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments is intended for the non-specialist, enabling environmental scientists to understand the biological functioning of extreme cold environments and for biologists to gain knowledge of the nature of the cryosphere.Editorial Reviews
Review
This is a superbly detailed account of how extremophiles cope with cold environments … should be in the library ―
Bulletin of the British Ecological SocietyAbout the Author
Professor Martyn Tranter is a Professor in the Bristol Glaciology Centre, specialising in biogeochemical processes in the cryosphere. He has worked in the Alps, Norway, Svalbard, Greenland and Antarctica, the latter via the kind auspices of the McMurdo Dry Valley Long Term Ecological Research program. He has edited four books and authored over 140 articles.
Professor Andy Hodson is a Professor in Cold Regions Biogeochemistry in the Geography Department at Sheffield University. He has been working continuously in Arctic Svalbard since 1991 and he now holds an adjunct position at the University on Svalbard (UNIS). His research has documented hydrological and biogeochemical process dynamics during the melt season in both polar regions, including maritime glacial environments of the Antarctic Peninsula and Svalbard, and continental ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.
