Collection of Environmental Variables and Bacterial Community Compositions in Marian Cove, Antarctica, during Summer 2018

Hyo-Ryeon Kim, Jae-Hyun Lim, Ju-Hyoung Kim and Il-Nam Kim
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Hyo-Ryeon Kim: Department of Marine Science, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea
Jae-Hyun Lim: East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Gangneung 25435, Korea
Ju-Hyoung Kim: Faculty of Marine Applied Biosciences, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 54150, Korea
Il-Nam Kim: Department of Marine Science, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Korea

Data, 2021, vol. 6, issue 3, 1-5

Abstract: Marine bacteria, which are known as key drivers for marine biogeochemical cycles and Earth’s climate system, are mainly responsible for the decomposition of organic matter and production of climate-relevant gases (i.e., CO?, N?O, and CH?). However, research is still required to fully understand the correlation between environmental variables and bacteria community composition. Marine bacteria living in the Marian Cove, where the inflow of freshwater has been rapidly increasing due to substantial glacial retreat, must be undergoing significant environmental changes. During the summer of 2018, we conducted a hydrographic survey to collect environmental variables and bacterial community composition data at three different layers (i.e., the seawater surface, middle, and bottom layers) from 15 stations. Of all the bacterial data, 17 different phylum level bacteria and 21 different class level bacteria were found and Proteobacteria occupy 50.3% at phylum level following Bacteroidetes. Gammaproteobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria, which belong to Proteobacteria, are the highest proportion at the class level. Gammaproteobacteria showed the highest relative abundance in all three seawater layers. The collection of environmental variables and bacterial composition data contributes to improving our understanding of the significant relationships between marine Antarctic regions and marine bacteria that lives in the Antarctic.

Keywords: marine bacteria; Marian Cove; environmental variables; bacterial composition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C80 C81 C82 C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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