Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
 

Christian H. Fritsen

Associate Research Professor

Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Email: Chris.Fritsen@dri.edu

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Complete List of Publications

Garrison, D. L., A.H. Gibson, S.L. Coale, Y.B. Okolodkov, M.M. Gowing, C.H. Fritsen, and M. O. Jeffries.
Submitted: Sea Microbial Communities in the Ross Sea: Autumn and Summer Biota. Mar. Ecol Prog. Ser.
Green, M.B., and C. H. Fritsen. Submitted: Nutrient balance for periphyton growth along a montane to desert gradient:
The Truckee River, Nevada. J. American Water Resources.
Priscu, J.P., E.E. Adams, H.W. Paerl, C.H. Fritsen, J.E. Dore, J. T. Lisle, C.F. Wolf, and J. Mikucki. (2005):
Perennial Antarctic Lake Ice: A refuge for Cyanobacteria in an Extreme Environment. In Life in Ancient Ice. J. Costello and S. Rogers. (eds.) Princeton University Press.
Gowing, M.M., D.L. Garrison, A.H. Gibson, J.M. Krupp, M.O. Jeffries, and C.H. Fritsen. (2004):
Bacteria and viral abundance in Ross Sea summer pack ice communities. Mar. Ecol Prog. Ser. 279:3-12.
Stewart, F.J. and C.H. Fritsen. (2004):
Bacteria–algae relationships in Antarctic Sea ice. Antarctic Science. 16(2)143-156.
Tranter, M., A. Fountain, C.H. Fritsen, B. Lyons, P. Statham and K. Welch, (2004):
Algae generate extreme hydrochemical conditions within natural terrariums in Antarctic ice. Hydrological Processes, 18:379-387.
McKay, C.P., D.T. Andersen, W.H. Pollard, J.L. Heldmann, P.T. Doran, C.H. Fritsen and J.C. Priscu. (2004):
Polar lakes, streams and springs as analogs for the hydrologic cycle on Mars. In Water on Mars and Life. Ed. T. Toklano. Springer.
Marion , G.M, C.H. Fritsen, H. Eicken and M.C. Payne, (2003):
The search for life on Europa: Limiting environmental factors, potential habitats and earth analogous. Astrobiology, 3(4):785-811.
Garrison, D. L., M. O. Jeffries, A.H. Gibson, S.L. Coale, D.R. Neenan, C.H. Fritsen, Y.B. Okolodkov and
M.M. Gowing, (2003): Development of sea ice microbial communities during autumn ice formation. Mar. Ecol. Prog, Ser. 259:1-15.
Doran, P.T. , C.H. Fritsen, E.A. Adams, C.P. McKay, J.C. Priscu, R. Virginia, and D. Wall, (2003):
Formation and Character of an Ancient 19 m Ice Cover. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. Vol. 100: pp.26-31.
Doran, P. T. , G. D. Clow, A. Fountain, C. H. Fritsen, W.B. Lyons, C. P. McKay, D. McKnight, D. Moorhead,
A. Parsons, J. C. Priscu, R. Virginia, and D. Wall, (2002): Climate cooling and ecological impact in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Nature. 415: 517-520.
Fritsen, C.H. Microbial Communities in Ice and Snow, (2002):
In G. Bitton (ed.), Wiley’s Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology.
Raymond, J.R. and C.H. Fritsen, (2001):
Semi-purification and ice recrystallization inhibition activity of ice-active substances associated with Antarctic photosynthetic organisms. Cryobiology. 43:63-70.
Fritsen, C.H., S.L. Coale, D.R Neenan, A.H. Gibson and D.L. Garrison, (2001):
Biomass, Production and Microhabitat Characteristics near the Freeboard of Ice Floes in the Ross Sea during the Austral Summer. Annals of Glaciol. 33: 280-286.
Mueller, D.R., W.F. Vincent, W.H. Pollard and C.H. Fritsen, (2001):
Glacial cryoconite ecosystems: A bipolar comparison of algal communities and habitats. In Algae and extreme environments – ecology and physiology. Nova Hedwigia. 123: 173-197.
Raymond, J.R. and C.H. Fritsen, (2000):
Ice-active substances in Antarctic freshwater and terrestrial photosynthetic assemblages. Antarctic Science 12(4):418-424.
Fritsen, C.H. and J.C. Priscu, (2000):
Distribution of organic carbon and nitrogen in surface soils surrounding lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 23:121-128.
Priscu, J.C., C.F. Wolf, C.H. Fritsen, C. Takacs, J. Labourne-Parry and E.C. Roberts, (2000):
Organic carbon transformations in the water column of a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake. Bioscience 49(12):997-1008.
Psenner, R., B. Sattler, A. Wille, C.H. Fritsen, J.C. Priscu, M. Felip, and J. Catalan, (1999):
Lake Ice Microbial Communities, (LIMCOs), in Alpine and Antarctic Lakes. In R. Margesin and F. Schinner (eds.), Cold-Adapted Organisms: Ecology, Physiology, Enzymology and Molecular Biology, pp. 17-32.
Fritsen, C.H. and J.C. Priscu, (1999):
Seasonal change in the optical properties of the permanent ice cover on Lake Bonney, Antarctica: Consequences for lake productivity and phytoplankton dynamics. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44(2):447-454.
Fritsen, C.H. and J.C. Priscu, (1998):
Cyanobacterial assemblages in the permanent ice covers of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica: Distribution, growth rate and temperature response of photosynthesis. J. Phycol. 34:587-597.
Fritsen, C.H., E.E. Adams, C.M. McKay and J.C. Priscu, (1998):
Permanent ice covers of the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica: Liquid water content. In J.C. Priscu (ed.), Ecosystem Processes in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 72, pp. 269-280.
Adams, E.E., J.C. Priscu, C.H. Fritsen, S.R. Smith and S.L. Brackman, (1998):
Permanent ice covers of the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica: bubble formation and metamorphism. In J.C. Priscu (ed.), Ecosystem Processes in a Polar Desert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 72, pp. 255-268.
Priscu, J.C., C.H. Fritsen, E.E. Adams, S.J. Giovannoni, H.W. Paerl, C.P. McKay, P.T. Doran
and J.L. Pinckney, (1998): Perennial Antarctic lake ice: An oasis for life in a polar desert. Science 280:2095-2098.
Fritsen, C.H., J.N. Kremer, S.F. Ackley, and C.W. Sullivan, (1998):
Flood-freeze cycles and algal dynamics in Antarctic pack ice. In M.L. Lizotte and K.R. Arrigo (eds.), Antarctic Sea Ice: Biological Processes. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 73, pp. 1-21.
Fritsen, C.H. and C.W. Sullivan, (1997):
Microbial distributions and dynamics in the Western Weddell Sea. In B. Battaglia, J. Valencia, and D.W.H. Walton (eds.), Proceedings of the SCAR VI. Biology Symposium.
Ackley, S.F., C.H. Fritsen, V.I. Lytle and C.W. Sullivan, (1996):
Freezing-driven upwelling in sea-ice biological systems. Proceed. NIPR Symp. Polar Biol. 9:45-59.
Fritsen, C.H., (1996):
Ecology of Antarctic Pack Ice Microbial Communities. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Southern California.
Priscu, J.C. and C.H. Fritsen, (1996):
Antarctic lake ice microbial consortia: Origin, distribution and growth physiology. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(5):218-220.
Grue, A.M., C.H. Fritsen and J.C. Priscu, (1996):
Nitrogen fixation within permanent ice covers on lakes in the McMurdo Day Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(5):218-220.
Fritsen, C.H. and J.C. Priscu, (1996):
Photosynthetic characteristics of cyanobacteria in permanent ice-covers on lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(5):216-218.
Arrigo, K.R., G. Deickmann, D.H. Robinson, C.H. Fritsen and C.W. Sullivan, (1995):
A high resolution study of the platelet ice ecosystem in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Biomass, nutrients, and production profiles within a dense microalgal bloom. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 127:255-268.
Fritsen, C.H., V.I. Lytle, S.F. Ackley and C.W. Sullivan, (1994):
Autumn Bloom of Antarctic pack-ice algae. Science 266:782-784.
Fritsen, C.H., R. Itturiaga, and C.W. Sullivan, (1992):
Influence of particulate matter on spectral irradiance fields and energy transfer in the Eastern Arctic Ocean. Ocean Optics XI 1750:527-541 (Best Student Paper Award).

 

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