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CAVICE
Cave ice microbiom: metabolic diversity and
activity in response to climate dynamics and anthropogenic pollution
Diversitatea şi activitatea metabolicǎ a microbiomului
peşterilor de gheaţǎ ca rǎspuns la schimbǎrile climatice şi poluarea
antropicǎ
Project Coordinator: Dr. CRISTINA PURCAREA
ELAC2014/DCC-0178
2017
Field trips 2017
2016
1.
Viedma
Glacier, Argentina,
26 February-1 March 2016
Participants:
CONICET-Argentina (Dr. Maria Farias), UA-Chile (Dr.
Paris Lavin), Romania-IBB (Dr. Cristina Purcarea, Dr. Aurel Persoiu,
PhD student Corina Itcus), and Romania-ERIS (Dr. Alexandra
Hillebrand-Voiculescu)
Sites:
Ice samples were collected (a) from Viedma glacier cave at exposed and
remote locations, and (b) from the glacier border that forms an open cave.
2.
Svarthamar Ice Cave, Norway,
3-9 October 2016
Participants:
UoB-Norway (Prof.
Lise Ovreas, Prof. Stein-Erik Laurizen,
Sverre Aksdal,
PhD student Christos Pennos and Hilde Rief Armo),
Romania-IBB (Dr. Cristina Purcarea, Dr. Aurel Persoiu, PhD student
Corina Itcus)
Samples:
ice samples of up to 700 years old were collected from 7 locations of
Svarthamar Ice Cave for microbiological analyses, 14 ice samples for 14C
dating, and 432 ice samples for isotope analyes.
4.
Grey Glacier
5.
Slovakian caves
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