Environmental DNA as a valuable and unique source of information about ecological networks in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems

Permafrost Meta-Omics and Climate Change

(2016) Rachel Mackelprang et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Marine birds and mammals foraging in the rapidly deglaciating Arctic fjord - numbers, distribution and habitat preferences

(2016) Lech Stempniewicz et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Microbial diversity and functional capacity in polar soils

(2016) Thulani Peter Makhalanyane et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago - Svalbard, Norway

(2016) Sébastien Descamps et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Metagenomics and Bioinformatics in Microbial Ecology: Current Status and Beyond

(2016) Satoshi Hiraoka et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Effects of long-term nutrient additions on Arctic tundra, stream, and lake ecosystems: beyond NPP

(2016) Laura Gough et al.   OECOLOGIA

Importance of Marine-Derived Nutrients Supplied by Planktivorous Seabirds to High Arctic Tundra Plant Communities

(2016) Adrian Zwolicki et al.   PLoS One

DNA extracted from faeces as a source of information about endemic reindeer from the High Arctic: detection of Shiga toxin genes and the analysis of reindeer male-specific DNA

(2016) Sylwia Zielińska et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Arctic foxes as ecosystem engineers: increased soil nutrients lead to increased plant productivity on fox dens

(2016) Tazarve Gharajehdaghipour et al.   Scientific Reports

The Arctic Soil Bacterial Communities in the Vicinity of a Little Auk Colony

(2016) Sylwia Zielińska et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

New Insights into the Microbiota of the Svalbard Reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

(2016) Sylwia Zielińska et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Soil pH is a Key Determinant of Soil Fungal Community Composition in the Ny-Ålesund Region, Svalbard (High Arctic)

(2016) Tao Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A perspective on 16S rRNA operational taxonomic unit clustering using sequence similarity

(2016) Nam-Phuong Nguyen et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Direct 16S rRNA-seq from bacterial communities: a PCR-independent approach to simultaneously assess microbial diversity and functional activity potential of each taxon

(2016) Riccardo Rosselli et al.   Scientific Reports

Differential utility of the Bacteroidales DNA and RNA markers in the tiered approach for microbial source tracking in subtropical seawater

(2015) Rulong Liu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Environmental DNA – An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity

(2015) Philip Francis Thomsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Complete Genomes Reveal Signatures of Demographic and Genetic Declines in the Woolly Mammoth

(2015) Eleftheria Palkopoulou et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Metagenomics of extreme environments

(2015) DA Cowan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial community development on the surface of Hans and Werenskiold Glaciers (Svalbard, Arctic): a comparison

(2015) Jakub Grzesiak et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

The structure of Cochlearia groenlandica population along the bird colony influence gradient (Hornsund, Spitsbergen)

(2015) Anna Wojciechowska et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

The influence of a seabird colony on abundance and species composition of water bears (Tardigrada) in Hornsund (Spitsbergen, Arctic)

(2015) Krzysztof Zawierucha et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Metabolic and trophic interactions modulate methane production by Arctic peat microbiota in response to warming

(2015) Alexander Tøsdal Tveit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Survival and persistence of host-associated Bacteroidales cells and DNA in comparison with Escherichia coli and Enterococcus in freshwater sediments as quantified by PMA-qPCR and qPCR

(2015) Minji Kim et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Stable microbial community composition on the Greenland Ice Sheet

(2015) Michaela Musilova et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The transcriptional response of microbial communities in thawing Alaskan permafrost soils

(2015) Marco J. L. Coolen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Functional Characterization of Bacteria Isolated from Ancient Arctic Soil Exposes Diverse Resistance Mechanisms to Modern Antibiotics

(2015) Gabriel G. Perron et al.   PLoS One

Warmer Shorter Winters Disrupt Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2014) Elisabeth J. Cooper   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Dietary Supplementation of Usnic Acid, an Antimicrobial Compound in Lichens, Does Not Affect Rumen Bacterial Diversity or Density in Reindeer

(2014) Trine Glad et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity

(2014) Peter Convey et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Bacterial community structure and soil properties of a subarctic tundra soil in Council, Alaska

(2014) Hye Min Kim et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Ancient DNA sheds new light on the Svalbard foraminiferal fossil record of the last millennium

(2014) J. Pawłowska et al.   Geobiology

Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

(2014) Eske Willerslev et al.   NATURE

Arctic fungal communities associated with roots ofBistorta viviparado not respond to the same fine-scale edaphic gradients as the aboveground vegetation

(2014) Sunil Mundra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ancient and modern environmental DNA

(2014) Mikkel Winther Pedersen et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Use of Length Heterogeneity Polymerase Chain Reaction (LH-PCR) as Non-Invasive Approach for Dietary Analysis of Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus

(2014) Sungbae Joo et al.   PLoS One

Enterobacter cloacae with a novel variant of ACT AmpC beta-lactamase originating from glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) in Svalbard

(2014) Ivan Literak et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Utility of environmental DNA for monitoring rare and indicator macroinvertebrate species

(2014) Elvira Mächler et al.   Freshwater Science

Potential drivers of microbial community structure and function in Arctic spring snow

(2014) Lorrie Maccario et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Defining the Functional Potential and Active Community Members of a Sediment Microbial Community in a High-Arctic Hypersaline Subzero Spring

(2013) Chih-Ying Lay et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Soil bacterial communities shaped by geochemical factors and land use in a less-explored area, Tibetan Plateau

(2013) Xiangyu Guan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Variability of the 16S rRNA Gene in Bacterial Genomes and Its Consequences for Bacterial Community Analyses

(2013) Tomáš Větrovský et al.   PLoS One

Interactions between Snow Chemistry, Mercury Inputs and Microbial Population Dynamics in an Arctic Snowpack

(2013) Catherine Larose et al.   PLoS One

The terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate biodiversity of the archipelagoes of the Barents Sea; Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya

(2013) S.J. Coulson et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Climate change and the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates

(2012) Olivier Gilg et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Comparative Survey of Rumen Microbial Communities and Metabolites across One Caprine and Three Bovine Groups, Using Bar-Coded Pyrosequencing and1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

(2012) Hyo Jung Lee et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Host plant and environment influence community assembly of High Arctic root-associated fungal communities

(2012) Kei E. Fujimura et al.   Fungal Ecology

DNA from soil mirrors plant taxonomic and growth form diversity

(2012) N. G. YOCCOZ et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Influence of allochtonous nutrients delivered by colonial seabirds on soil collembolan communities on Spitsbergen

(2012) Katarzyna Zmudczyńska et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Guano deposition and nutrient enrichment in the vicinity of planktivorous and piscivorous seabird colonies in Spitsbergen

(2012) Adrian Zwolicki et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Potentially pathogenic yeast isolated from the throat and cloaca of an Arctic colonial seabird: the little auk (Alle alle)

(2012) Maria Dynowska et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

RNA-Based Assessment of Diversity and Composition of Active Archaeal Communities in the German Bight

(2012) Bernd Wemheuer et al.   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Chapter 12: Human Microbiome Analysis

(2012) Xochitl C. Morgan et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Metagenomic Analysis of Stress Genes in Microbial Mat Communities from Antarctica and the High Arctic

(2011) Thibault Varin et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

(2011) Rachel Mackelprang et al.   NATURE

Bacterial diversity in faeces from polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Arctic Svalbard

(2010) Trine Glad et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Pyrosequencing faecal DNA to determine diet of little penguins: is what goes in what comes out?

(2010) Bruce E. Deagle et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems

(2010) Kelly S. Ramirez et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil bacterial diversity in the Arctic is not fundamentally different from that found in other biomes

(2010) Haiyan Chu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The effect of nutrient deposition on bacterial communities in Arctic tundra soil

(2010) Barbara J. Campbell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Activity profiles for marine sponge-associated bacteria obtained by 16S rRNA vs 16S rRNA gene comparisons

(2010) Janine Kamke et al.   ISME Journal

The functional potential of high Arctic permafrost revealed by metagenomic sequencing, qPCR and microarray analyses

(2010) Etienne Yergeau et al.   ISME Journal

GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE

(2010) J. Hansen et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Individual identification of Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) using DNA from fecal pellets

(2010) Todd J. Brinkman et al.   Conservation Genetics Resources

Bacterial diversity associated with ornithogenic soil of the Ross Sea region, AntarcticaThis article is one of a selection of papers in the Special Issue on Polar and Alpine Microbiology.

(2009) J. Aislabie et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Pollution-induced tolerance of soil bacterial communities in meadow and forest ecosystems polluted with heavy metals

(2009) Anna M. Stefanowicz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Spatial ecology and conservation of seabirds facing global climate change: a review

(2009) D Grémillet et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Climate change and phenological responses of two seabird species breeding in the high-Arctic

(2009) B Moe et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

New perspectives in diet analysis based on DNA barcoding and parallel pyrosequencing: thetrnL approach

(2009) ALICE VALENTINI et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Metagenomics reveals our incomplete knowledge of global diversity

(2008) M. Pignatelli et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Taxonomy of the bean goose–pink-footed goose

(2008) M. Ruokonen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis

(2008) J. R. Cole et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Resistance, resilience, and redundancy in microbial communities

(2008) S. D. Allison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate change reduces reproductive success of an Arctic herbivore through trophic mismatch

(2007) E. Post et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES