Climate Change and Antarctic Microbial Biodiversity Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise
Anne Willems, Wim Vyverman, Anton Van de Putte, Peter Convey, Annick Wilmotte, Bart Van de Vijver
Context: The Belgian CCAMBIO project, financed by BELSPO, aims to study the diversity, biogeographic zoning, evolutionary history, and genomic make-up of lacustrine microbial mat communities in the Antarctic Realm (AR) in order to assess their resilience and local and regional responses to global change. It participates to the international initiatives coordinated by the SCAR programmes ‘Antarctic Ecosystems: Adaptations, Thresholds and ...