Overview
- Provides a cutting-edge analysis of the microbial ecology of high mountain lakes, offering relevant insights to the study of communities living in extreme environments.
- Reviews the life in extreme conditions such as deserts, volcanoes and wetlands.
- Provides a view of early Earth, offering insights into the origins of life in our planet
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Preandean and Andean Atacama Desert: Life at Limits
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Life in Andean Volcanoes and Fumaroles
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Evaporitic Microbial Ecosystems at Salars: Living in the Salt
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Carbonatic Microbialites at Central Andean Lakes
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. María Eugenia Farías graduated with honors in Biology at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán and obtained her PhD in Microbiology from the same institution followed by a postdoctoral at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB - CSIC) in Madrid. In 2003 she created the Laboratory of Microbiological Research in Andean Lagoons (LIMLA) dedicated to the study of the microbiological biodiversity of the lagoons, salt pans and volcanoes of the Argentinean Puna. In 2009, she discovered microbial ecosystems in the region and since then, through intense scientific activity and dissemination, she has been promoting activities aimed at protecting extremophile ecosystems in the context of mining activity in the region. She was involved in the creation of a Protected Area in Socompa and created the first collection of endangered microorganisms and metagenomas of the Andean Extremophiles ecosystems (algae, archaea, bacteria and fungi). Besides her many research article publications, she was also mentioned in the L'Oreal –UNESCO for woman in Science award in 2011 and is currently doing a Surveying of extreme microbial ecosystems associated with minerals (microbialites, microbial mats, and endoevaporites) in Central Andes, of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Ecosystems in Central Andes Extreme Environments
Book Subtitle: Biofilms, Microbial Mats, Microbialites and Endoevaporites
Editors: María Eugenia Farías
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36192-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36191-4Published: 29 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36194-5Published: 29 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36192-1Published: 27 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 292
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 54 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbial Ecology, Ecosystems, Astrobiology, Nature Conservation, Environmental and Sustainability Education