Table 1. Cryoconite holes sampled during this study during 2006 and 2007 on glaciers AB, ML and VB.
| Sample code | Physico-chemical data | Clone Library | T-RFLP No. of peaks | T-RFLP Shannon diversity index (H′) | T-RFLP Gini coefficient (Gcorr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB601 | + | + | ND | ND | ND |
| AB602 | + | 42 | 4.12 | 0.340 | |
| AB603 | + | 16 | 2.657 | 0.389 | |
| AB604 | + | 32 | 3.53 | 0.430 | |
| AB605 | + | 9 | 2.129 | 0.309 | |
| AB606 | + | + | 17 | 2.845 | 0.322 |
| AB701 | + | 35 | 3.926 | 0.301 | |
| AB702 | 17 | 2.751 | 0.369 | ||
| AB703 | 20 | 2.878 | 0.422 | ||
| AB704 | 7 | 1.767 | 0.416 | ||
| AB705 | 16 | 2.709 | 0.358 | ||
| AB706 | + | 12 | 2.364 | 0.362 | |
| AB mean | 20.3 | 2.88 | 0.365 | ||
| ML601 | + | + | 33 | 3.53 | 0.426 |
| ML602 | + | 47 | 4.261 | 0.469 | |
| ML603 | + | 37 | 3.635 | 0.500 | |
| ML604 | 12 | 2.283 | 0.448 | ||
| ML605 | 37 | 3.679 | 0.484 | ||
| ML606 | + | 39 | 3.721 | 0.488 | |
| ML701 | + | 24 | 3.15 | 0.406 | |
| ML702 | 15 | 2.55 | 0.439 | ||
| ML703 | 14 | 2.537 | 0.391 | ||
| ML704 | 8 | 1.886 | 0.419 | ||
| ML705 | 13 | 2.458 | 0.375 | ||
| ML706 | + | 12 | 2.307 | 0.407 | |
| ML mean | 24.3 | 3.00 | 0.438 | ||
| VB601 | + | + | 43 | 4.115 | 0.366 |
| VB602 | + | 7 | 1.763 | 0.421 | |
| VB603 | + | 34 | 3.767 | 0.388 | |
| VB604 | 35 | 3.613 | 0.445 | ||
| VB605 | 21 | 3.005 | 0.386 | ||
| VB606 | + | 41 | 3.87 | 0.440 | |
| VB701 | + | 39 | 3.892 | 0.368 | |
| VB702 | 30 | 3.555 | 0.376 | ||
| VB703 | 24 | 3.227 | 0.387 | ||
| VB704 | 6 | 1.532 | 0.469 | ||
| VB705 | 25 | 3.237 | 0.366 | ||
| VB706 | + | 7 | 1.775 | 0.380 | |
| VB mean | 26.0 | 3.11 | 0.399 | ||
| By glacier | |||||
| ANOVA (P) | 0.558 | 0.787 | 0.001 | ||
| ANOVA (F) | 0.59 | 0.24 | 9.24 | ||
| By year | |||||
| ANOVA (P) | 0.005 | 0.015 | 0.134 | ||
| ANOVA (F) | 8.91 | 6.56 | 2.35 | ||
ND indicates low quality T-RFLP data.