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ArticleNature communications2025

Surface darkening by abundant and diverse algae on an Antarctic ice cap.

Alex Innes Thomson, Andrew Gray, Claudia Colesie, Naomi Thomas, Hannah Moulton, Peter Convey, Alison G Smith, Peter Fretwell, Lloyd Peck, Matthew P Davey

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alex Innes ThomsonScottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, UK. alexander.thomson@sams.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6958-0678
Andrew GrayGlobal Change Institute, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. andrew.gray@nina.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-9741
Claudia ColesieGlobal Change Institute, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1136-0290
Naomi ThomasScottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4254-4236
Hannah MoultonBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.
Peter ConveyBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903
Alison G SmithDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6511-5704
Peter FretwellBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-5844
Lloyd PeckBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791
Matthew P DaveyScottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, UK. matt.davey@sams.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5220-4174

Funding

RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) FSF 858.1120RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/V000764/1RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/V000896/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Algal blooms play important roles in physical and biological processes on glacial surfaces. Despite this, their occurrence and impacts within an Antarctic context remain understudied. Here, we present evidence of the large-scale presence, diversity and bioalbedo effects of algal blooms on Antarctic ice cap systems based on fieldwork conducted on Robert Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Algal blooms are observed covering up to 2.7 km

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ChlorophyceaeEutrophicationIce CoverAntarctic RegionsBiodiversityGenetic Variation

Identifiers

PMID40102384
PMCPMC11920422

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