Trista J Vick-Majors¹, Wei Li², Joel D Barker³, Mark L Skidmore⁴, John E Dore⁵, Christina Davis⁶, Brent Christner⁶, John C Priscu² and SALSA Science Team, (1)Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States, (2)Montana State University, Land Resources and Environmental Science, Bozeman, MT, United States, (3)Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, (4)Montana State Univ, Earth Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States, (5)Montana State University, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States, (6)University of Florida, Microbiology and Cell Science, Gainesville, FL, United States