Wei-Zhen Zhang

Distinct phototrophic community structure on a Central Asian glacier: predominance of filamentous cyanobacteria and absence of glacier algae ( Ancylonema spp.)

Abstract. Cold-adapted algae and cyanobacteria are key drivers of snow and ice albedo reduction, yet their dynamics on dust-rich Central Asian glaciers remain poorly understood compared to the well-documented algal blooms in the Arctic. This study investigated the spatio-temporal distribution of phototrophic communitie...