Changes in the Water Column Microbial Community During Periods of Rapid Sea Ice Formation in the Southern Ross Sea

Charlotte DuBose1, Kathryn Howe2, Victoria Rivera3, Martina Tenti4, Brandi Kiel Reese5, Lydia Hayes-Guastella6, Masako Tominaga7, Marissa Small8, Hao Yu9, Richard B Coffin3, Ingo Andreas Pecher10 and Wade H Jeffrey11, (1)University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, United States, (2)Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, (3)Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Corpus Christi, United States, (4)University of Venice, Venice, Italy, (5)Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, United States, (6)University of South Alabama, Mobile, United States, (7)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (8)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Physics & Ocean Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (9)Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Corpus Christi, TX, United States, (10)University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, (11)University of West Florida, Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, Pensacola, FL, United States