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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1265-2022
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Research article
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11 Apr 2022
Research article |
| 11 Apr 2022
| 11 Apr 2022
Temporal variation of bacterial community and nutrients in Tibetan glacier snowpack
Yuying Chen
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Keshao Liu
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Yongqin Liu
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Center for the Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou
730000, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Trista J. Vick-Majors
Great Lakes Research Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
Feng Wang
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Center for the Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou
730000, China
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Latest update: 22 Aug 2025
Short summary
We investigated the bacterial communities in surface and subsurface snow samples in a Tibetan Plateau glacier using 16S rRNA gene sequences. Our results revealed rapid temporal changes in nitrogen (including nitrate and ammonium) and bacterial communities in both surface and subsurface snow. These findings advance our understanding of bacterial community variations and bacterial interactions after snow deposition and provide a possible biological explanation for nitrogen dynamics in snow.
We investigated the bacterial communities in surface and subsurface snow samples in a Tibetan...
