Antarctic; Arctic; Microbiology; Ecological; Global Change; International Polar Year
Abstract :
[en] An integrated program, ‘‘Microbiological and ecological responses to global environmental changes in polar regions’’ (MERGE), was proposed in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007e2008 and endorsed by the IPY committee as a coordinating proposal. MERGE hosts original proposals to the IPYand facilitates their funding. MERGE selected three key questions to produce
scientific achievements. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms in terrestrial, lacustrine, and supraglacial habitats were targeted according to diversity and biogeography; food webs and ecosystem evolution; and linkages between biological, chemical, and physical processes in the supraglacial biome.
Research Center/Unit :
CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Naganuma, Takeshi
Wilmotte, Annick ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Language :
English
Title :
Microbiological and ecological responses to global environmental changes in polar regions (MERGE): An IPY core coordinating project
Alternative titles :
[fr] Réponses microbiologiques et écologiques aux changements environnementaux dans les régions polaires (MERGE): un projet de coordination IPY
Publication date :
2009
Journal title :
Polar Science
ISSN :
1873-9652
Publisher :
Elsevier
Volume :
3
Pages :
139-146
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
BELSPO - Politique scientifique fédérale F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
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