The diversity of Planctomycetes in glacier sediment, and freshwater and marine sediments in Glacier Bay, Alaska

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Campbell, Victoria

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School of Oceanography, University of Washington

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This study compares the phylogenetic diversity of Planctomycetes within the glacier soil, freshwater pond sediment and marine sediment. It was hypothesized that a source of bacteria to the pond and marine environments was coming from glacier melt, but this did not prove to be the case.

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Keil R., Kelley D., D'Asaro E., Krembs C., and Collins R.E. [Eds.] 2008. Proceedings from the University of Washington School of Oceanography Undergraduate Thesis Research Expedition to Glacier Bay Alaska, March 2008. 296pp.

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