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. 2014 Dec 11;5:694. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00694

Table 7.

Rates of microbial activity in cryoconite.

Bacterial production Photosynthesis Nitrogen fixation Nitrogen fixation
ng C g−1 h−1 ng C g−1 h−1 ng N g−1 h−1 μmoles C2H4 m−2 d−1
T = 0 3.7±1.5 16.3±9.4 0.02±0.05 <1–2.3
T + 3 10.0±3.4 18.6±15.6 BDL <1
T + 5 1.7±0.9 8.1±7.2 BDL <1
T + 10 2.0±1.6 17.3±11.9 0.15±0.20 <1–4.9

Uncertainty is 1σ (n = 8).