Does temperature determine the variation in bacterial membrane lipids (brGDGTs) and community composition along an altitudinal gradient in subarctic soils? University of Antwerp
Certain bacterial membrane lipids (branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers: brGDGTs) find a use as proxies of past climates and environmental conditions. They are very promising proxies, as they are found in a diversity of geological archives (fi. lacustrine and marine sediments) for up to 200 Ma. A correct interpretation of their diversity through time however depends on the knowledge on the drivers on their distribution in modern ...