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ProfessorMartinSiegert

Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9666m.siegert Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Gosia Gayer +44 (0)20 7594 9666

 
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Location

 

Grantham Directors OfficeSherfield BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Keen:2018:10.1002/lom3.10288,
author = {Keen, P and Saw, K and Rundle, N and Brown, R and Wyatt, J and Shorter, S and Edwards, M and Siegert, MJ and Mowlem, M},
doi = {10.1002/lom3.10288},
journal = {Limnology and Oceanography: Methods},
pages = {856--867},
title = {A mini corer for precision sampling of the water sediment interface of subglacial lakes and remote aqueous environments},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10288},
volume = {16},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Recent interest in Antarctic subglacial lakes has seen the development of bespoke systems for sampling them. These systems are considered pristine environments potentially harboring undisturbed sedimentary sequences and ecosystems adapted to these cold oligotrophic environments in the absence of sunlight. The water/sediment interface is considered a prime location for the detection of microbial life and so is of particular interest. This article describes the development of a small corer to capture and retain a short core that includes the water/sediment interface specifically to address the question of whether life exists in these lakes. This apparatus was developed as part of the UK led project to access, measure, and sample subglacial Lake Ellsworth. In addition to addressing the constraints of coring in this difficult environment, the results of subsequent testing suggest that this corer can be applied to sampling sediments in other environments and would be particularly useful in low energy environments when the watersediment interface is indistinct or unconsolidated.
AU  - Keen,P
AU  - Saw,K
AU  - Rundle,N
AU  - Brown,R
AU  - Wyatt,J
AU  - Shorter,S
AU  - Edwards,M
AU  - Siegert,MJ
AU  - Mowlem,M
DO  - 10.1002/lom3.10288
EP  - 867
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1541-5856
SP  - 856
TI  - A mini corer for precision sampling of the water sediment interface of subglacial lakes and remote aqueous environments
T2  - Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10288
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/64938
VL  - 16
ER  -
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