Dr Alexandre Anesio

Research summary

My research interests are broad, and I combine concepts from Geography, Biology and Chemistry to understand carbon cycle in the cryosphere. My research has concentrated in two broad areas. Firstly, I study microbes in the cryosphere. Against all expectations glaciers harbour a highly active microbial community. Bacteria, viruses and microscopic plants thrive in conditions that might be analogous to other planets and to early Earth. Second, I am also interested in a range of climate (e.g., UV radiation and acid rain) and human impacts (e.g., mining, sewage, pesticides) on freshwaters.

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Selected publications

• Telling, J, Anesio, A, Tranter, M, Irvine-Fynn, T, Hodson, A, Butler, C & Wadham, J 2011, ‘Nitrogen fixation on Arctic glaciers, Svalbard’. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, vol 116., pp. G03039
• Anesio, A & Laybourn-Parry, J 2012, ‘Glaciers and ice sheets as a biome’. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol 27., pp. 219 - 225

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Recent publications

• Laybourn-Parry, J, Anesio, AMB, Madan, N & Sawstrom, C 2013, ‘Virus dynamics in a large epishelf lake (Beaver lake, Antarctica).’. Freshwater Biology.
• Edwards, A, Douglas, B, Anesio, AMB, Rassner, S, Irvine-Fynn, T, Sattler, B & Griffith, G 2013, ‘A distinctive fungal community inhabiting cryoconite holes on glaciers in Svalbard’. Fungal Ecology, vol 6., pp. 168-176

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