ReviewJournal of phycology2020
Snow and Glacial Algae: A Review
Review in Journal of phycology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 189 citations in OpenAlex.
- Elevation shapes alpine snow algal blooms and their influence on albedo reduction.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- A Short Review on Current Status and Obstacles in the Sustainable Production of Biohydrogen from Microalgal Species.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Review
- Unveiling microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles in Antarctic colored snow.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- A chromosome-level assembly of the alpine snow alga Chloromonas typhlos.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Novel Hydrurus species (Chrysophyceae) and their adaptations to high-altitude European and Arctic snowfields.Journal of phycology · 2026Article
- Ecophysiology of the conjugating green algae (Zygnematophyceae) with emphasis on semiterrestrial habitats and specialized metabolic compounds.Protoplasma · 2026Review
- Enhancing DNA recovery in low-biomass snow algae samples: a comparative study of extraction methods and their effect on community composition.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Spatial and temporal variability of supraglacial algae on an Alpine glacier (Forni Glacier, Italy).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Community-driven variations in snow algae color modulate snow albedo reduction.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Ablation provides key macronutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) to glacier ice algae in NW Greenland.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Antarctic snow algal responses to temperature - potential implications of climate change.Sustainable microbiology · 2026Article
- Single-cell ionomes of terrestrial cryosphere algae.Communications earth & environment · 2026Article
- Remote Antarctic Island reveals unique algal dynamics in snow and ice.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Host-virome associations in the weathering crust of a rapidly retreating temperate Alpine glacier.Microbial genomics · 2025Article
- Algae-dominated metaproteomes uncover cellular adaptations to life on the Greenland Ice Sheet.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Article
- DNA Metabarcoding Focusing on Eukaryote Communities on Langhovde Glacier, East Antarctica.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Snow- and ice-ecosystem cleaning capability of the pucciniomycotinous yeast Phenoliferia psychrophenolica.Communications biology · 2025Article
- A dinoflagellate-infecting giant virus with a micron-length tail.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Morphological and environmental analysis of the glacier ice alga Ancylonema alaskanum.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Snow or glacial algae are found on all continents, and most species are in the Chlamydomonadales (Chlorophyta) and Zygnematales (Streptophyta). Other algal groups include euglenoids, cryptomonads, chrysophytes, dinoflagellates, and cyanobacteria. They may live under extreme conditions of temperatures near 0°C, high irradiance levels in open exposures, low irradiance levels under tree canopies or deep in snow, acidic pH, low conductivity, and desiccation after snow melt. These primary producers may color snow green, golden-brown, red, pink, orange, or purple-grey, and they are part of communities that include other eukaryotes, bacteria, archaea, viruses, and fungi. They are an important component of the global biosphere and carbon and water cycles. Life cycles in the Chlamydomonas-Chloromonas-Chlainomonas complex include migration of flagellates in liquid water and formation of resistant cysts, many of which were identified previously as other algae. Species differentiation has been updated through the use of metagenomics, lipidomics, high-throughput sequencing (HTS), multi-gene analysis, and ITS. Secondary metabolites (astaxanthin in snow algae and purpurogallin in glacial algae) protect chloroplasts and nuclei from damaging PAR and UV, and ice binding proteins (IBPs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) reduce cell damage in subfreezing temperatures. Molecular phylogenies reveal that snow algae in the Chlamydomonas-Chloromonas complex have invaded the snow habitat at least twice, and some species are polyphyletic. Snow and glacial algae reduce albedo, accelerate the melt of snowpacks and glaciers, and are used to monitor climate change. Selected strains of these algae have potential for producing food or fuel products.
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