ArticleScience advances2021
Extinction of austral diatoms in response to large-scale climate dynamics in Antarctica.
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- Genome-Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Geology defines microbiome structure and composition in nunataks and valleys of the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Polar lake microbiomes have distinct evolutionary histories.Science advances · 2023Article
- Emerging biological archives can reveal ecological and climatic change in Antarctica.Global change biology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Despite evidence for microbial endemism, an understanding of the impact of geological and paleoclimate events on the evolution of regional protist communities remains elusive. Here, we provide insights into the biogeographical history of Antarctic freshwater diatoms, using lacustrine fossils from mid-Miocene and Quaternary Antarctica, and dovetail this dataset with a global inventory of modern freshwater diatom communities. We reveal the existence of a diverse mid-Miocene diatom flora bearing similarities with several former Gondwanan landmasses. Miocene cooling and Plio-Pleistocene glaciations triggered multiple extinction waves, resulting in the selective depauperation of this flora. Although extinction dominated, in situ speciation and new colonizations ultimately shaped the species-poor, yet highly adapted and largely endemic, modern Antarctic diatom flora. Our results provide a more holistic view on the scale of biodiversity turnover in Neogene and Pleistocene Antarctica than the fragmentary perspective offered by macrofossils and underscore the sensitivity of lacustrine microbiota to large-scale climate perturbations.
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